Medial cortex activity, self-reflection and depression

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-327

  Johnson, Marcia K ^a   Nolen Hoeksema, Susan ^a   Mitchell, Karen J ^a   Levin, Yael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Medial frontal cortex; Posterior medial cortex; Rumination; Self reflection

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649214658     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp022     Document Type: Article

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