Investigating the impact of sex and cortisol on implicit fear conditioning with fMRI

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-46

  Merz, Christian J ^a,b   Tabbert, Katharina ^b   Schweckendiek, Jan ^b   Klucken, Tim ^b   Vaitl, Dieter ^b   Stark, Rudolf ^b   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion; Fear learning; fMRI; Sex differences; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849086986     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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