Brain activity during biofeedback relaxation a functional neuroimaging investigation

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1003-1012

  Critchley, H D ^a,b,f   Melmed, R N ^a,e   Featherstone, E ^a   Mathias, C J ^b,c   Dolan, R J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Biofeedback; Electrodermal activity; Positron emission tomography; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COGNITION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035004767     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.5.1003     Document Type: Article

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