The functional neuroanatomy of anxiety: A study of three disorders using positron emission tomography and symptom provocation

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 446-452

  Rauch, Scott L ^a   Savage, Cary R ^a   Alpert, Nathaniel M ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^a   Jenike, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Limbic system; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Phobia; Positron emission tomography; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030803716     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00145-5     Document Type: Article

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