Activation of the medial prefrontal cortex and extended amygdala by individual ratings of emotional arousal: A fMRI study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-215

  Phan, K Luan ^a,c   Taylor, Stephan F ^a   Welsh, Robert C ^b   Decker, Laura R ^a   Noll, Douglas C ^b,c   Nichols, Thomas E ^c   Britton, Jennifer C ^b   Liberzon, Israel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotion; Extended amygdala; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Individual differences; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0037306192     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01485-3     Document Type: Article

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