Amygdala responses to unattended fearful faces: Interaction between sex and trait anxiety

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Dickie, Erin W ^a   Armony, Jorge L ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Attention; Fear; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 37549009155     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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