Reduced activation of posterior cingulate cortex during imagery in subjects with high degrees of alexithymia: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 982-990

  Mantani, Tomoyuki ^b   Okamoto, Yasumasa ^b   Shirao, Naoko ^b   Okada, Go ^b   Yamawaki, Shigeto ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alexithymia; fMRI; Future; Happy; Imagery; Posterior cingulate cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18044369265     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.01.047     Document Type: Article

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