Reduced startle reflex and aversive noise perception in patients with orbitofrontal cortex lesions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1179-1184

  Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,b   Bianchin, Marta ^a   Radaelli, Silvia ^a   Bertagnoni, Giannettore ^c   Pertile, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Frontal cortex; Human; Orbitofrontal cortex; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; SELF EVALUATION; SOUND INTENSITY; STARTLE REFLEX; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STARTLE REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149109325     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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