The ventro-medial prefrontal cortex: A major link between the autonomic nervous system, regulation of emotion, and stress reactivity?

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hänsel, Alexander ^a   von Känel, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 57149140462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-2-21     Document Type: Review

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