Exaggerated amygdala response to masked facial stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder: A functional MRI study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 769-776

  Rauch, Scott L ^a   Whalen, Paul J ^a,b   Shin, Lisa M ^a,b,c   McInerney, Sean C ^a   MacKlin, Michael L ^d   Lasko, Natasha B ^a,b,d   Orr, Scott P ^a,b,d   Pitman, Roger K ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Anxiety; Emotion; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FACE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0034193435     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)00828-3     Document Type: Article

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