The psychological, neurochemical and functional neuroanatomical mediators of the effects of positive and negative mood on executive functions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-629

  Mitchell, Rachel L C ^a   Phillips, Louise H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; Executive functions; fMRI; Mood; PET

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

AFFECT; BRAIN; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN;

EID: 33845681205     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.06.030     Document Type: Review

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