Functional MRI reveals left amygdala activation during emotion

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 76, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Schneider, Frank ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^b   Weiss, Ute ^a   Klose, Uwe ^b   Mayer, Katharina R ^b   Nägele, Thomas ^b   Gur, Ruben C ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Functional MRI; Mood induction; Neuroimaging; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031592253     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(97)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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