Neurobiological correlates of coping through emotional approach

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Master, Sarah L ^a   Amodio, David M ^b   Stanton, Annette L ^a   Yee, Cindy M ^a   Hilmert, Clayton J ^c   Taylor, Shelley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Cortisol; EEG; Emotional approach coping; Frontal asymmetry; IL 6; Proinflammatory cytokines; sTNF RII; Trier social stress test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949086828     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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