Amygdala activation in the processing of neutral faces in social anxiety disorder: Is neutral really neutral?

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Cooney, Rebecca E ^a   Atlas, Lauren Y ^a   Joormann, Jutta ^a   Eugène, Fanny ^a   Gotlib, Ian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 33750532727     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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