Cortical activation in alexithymia as a response to emotional stimuli

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Karlsson, Hasse ^a,b   Näätänen, Petri ^a   Stenman, Hanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM OXIDE;

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FILM; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULA; MOOD; MOTOR CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 38749098758     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034728     Document Type: Article

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