Differential modulation of neural activity throughout the distributed neural system for face perception in patients with Social Phobia and healthy subjects

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 286-292

  Gentili, Claudio ^a,e   Gobbini, Maria Ida ^b   Ricciardi, Emiliano ^c,e   Vanello, Nicola ^c,e   Pietrini, Pietro ^c   Haxby, James V ^d   Guazzelli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Neural system for face perception; Social Phobia; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54549087684     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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