Integrated neural representations of odor intensity and affective valence in human amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 8903-8907

  Winston, Joel S ^a,c   Gottfried, Jay A ^a,b   Kilner, James M ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arousal; Chemosensory; Emotion; fMRI; Odor; Olfactory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VALENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODORS; SMELL;

EID: 25644442466     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1569-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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