A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictor of Treatment Response to Venlafaxine in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 858-863

  Whalen, Paul J ^c   Johnstone, Tom ^a,b   Somerville, Leah H ^c   Nitschke, Jack B ^a,b   Polis, Sara ^a,b   Alexander, Andrew L ^a,b   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b   Kalin, Ned H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; anxiety; facial expressions; fear; neuroimaging; rostral anterior cingulate cortex

Indexed keywords

VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41449112010     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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