Activation of the left amygdala to a cognitive representation of fear

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-441

  Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a   O'Connor, Kevin J ^b   Gatenby, J Christopher ^c   Gore, John C ^c   Grillon, Christian ^d   Davis, Michael ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035093642     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/86110     Document Type: Article

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