Localization of asymmetric brain function in emotion and depression

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-454

  Herrington, John D ^a   Heller, Wendy ^b   Mohanty, Aprajita ^c   Engels, Anna S ^d   Banich, Marie T ^e   Webb, Andrew G ^d   Miller, Gregory A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Depression; Emotion; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950641978     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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