Limbic ictus as a condition for anxiety attacks;Gesteigerte limbische erregungsbildung bei angstattacken

Nervenarzt

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 206-215

  Gallinat, J ^a   Hegerl, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; EEG abnormalities; Ictal fear; Panic disorder; Review article

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033046942     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050424     Document Type: Review

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