Prefrontal cortical function and anxiety: Controlling attention to threat-related stimuli

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-188

  Bishop, Sonia ^a   Duncan, John ^a   Brett, Matthew ^a   Lawrence, Andrew D ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 1642458476     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1173     Document Type: Article

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