The functional neuroanatomy of blood-injection-injury phobia: A comparison with spider phobics and healthy controls

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-134

  Caseras, X ^a,b   Giampietro, V ^b   Lamas, A ^a   Brammer, M ^b   Vilarroya, O ^a   Carmona, S ^a   Rovira, M ^c   Torrubia, R ^a   Mataix Cols, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CRC Corporacio Sanitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; FMRI; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPAIN; SPIDER; STUDENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPAIN; SPIDERS; STUDENTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76649105410     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005972     Document Type: Article

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