Neural Responses to Masked Fear Faces: Sex Differences and Trauma Exposure in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Felmingham, Kim ^a,b   Williams, Leanne M ^b,c   Kemp, Andrew H ^b,c   Liddell, Belinda ^b   Falconer, Erin ^b   Peduto, Anthony ^d   Bryant, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

fMRI; masked fear faces; posttraumatic stress disorder; sex differences

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREAT;

EID: 77249163764     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017551     Document Type: Article

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