Functional imaging of sympathetic activation during mental stress

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 847-854

  Fechir, M ^a   Gamer, M ^b   Blasius, I ^a   Bauermann, T ^a   Breimhorst, M ^a   Schlindwein, P ^a   Schlereth, T ^a   Birklein, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952317101     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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