Increased amygdala activation is related to heart rate during emotion processing in adolescent subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 428, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Yang, Tony T ^a   Simmons, Alan N ^a,b   Matthews, Scott C ^a,b   Tapert, Susan F ^a,b   Bischoff Grethe, Amanda ^a,b   Frank, Guido K W ^a   Arce, Estibaliz ^a   Paulus, Martin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Amygdala; Autonomic Nervous System; Emotions; fMRI; Heart Rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; AMYGDALA; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 35748958717     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.039     Document Type: Article

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