Task-dependent neural correlates of the processing of verbal threat-related stimuli in social phobia

Biological Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 304-312

  Schmidt, Stephanie ^a   Mohr, Alexander ^a   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a   Straube, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attention; FMRI; Insula; Social phobia; Words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL TASK; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953020942     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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