Electrophysiological responses in the human amygdala discriminate emotion categories of complex visual stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 9502-9512

  Oya, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawasaki, Hiroto ^a   Howard III, Matthew A ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Gamma oscillation; Human; Intracranial recording; Local field potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0036848544     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-21-09502.2002     Document Type: Article

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