The body in the brain: Towards a representational neurobiology of somatoform disorders

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 157-160

  Henningsen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Mirror neurone; Neurobiology; Representational; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 0043031398     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2003.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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