Heterogeneity of non-conscious fear perception in posttraumatic stress disorder as a function of physiological arousal: An fMRI study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Kemp, Andrew H ^a   Felmingham, Kim L ^a   Falconer, Erin ^b   Liddell, Belinda J ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^b   Williams, Leanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Non conscious fear perception; PTSD

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 71749121630     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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