Neural substrates of human facial expression of pleasant emotion induced by comic films: A PET study

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 758-768

  Iwase, Masao ^a   Ouchi, Yasuomi ^b   Okada, Hiroyuki ^c   Yokoyama, Chihiro ^d   Nobezawa, Shuji ^b   Yoshikawa, Etsuji ^c   Tsukada, Hideo ^c   Takeda, Masaki ^d   Yamashita, Ko ^a   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a   Yamaguti, Kouzi ^a   Kuratsune, Hirohiko ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^e   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^f  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Emotion; Facial expression; Laughter; Positron emission tomography; Smile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FILM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL AID; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0036420553     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(02)91225-5     Document Type: Article

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