Long-term effects of cognitive behavior therapy on brain activation in spider phobia

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-102

  Schienle, Anne ^a,b   Schäfer, Axel ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^b   Vaitl, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Follow up; Pictures; Psychotherapy; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INSULA; LEARNING; ORBITAL CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; STIMULUS; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVERSIVE THERAPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPIDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 63449117747     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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