Shift in the brain network of emotional regulation in midlife women: Is the menopausal transition the turning point?

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 840-845

  Frey, Benicio N ^a,b   Hall, Geoffrey B ^b,c,d   Attard, Stefanie ^a,b   Yucel, Kaan ^b,c   Skelin, Ivan ^a   Steiner, Meir ^a,d   Soares, Claudio N ^a,b,d  

^a Women's Health Concerns Clinic   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Imaging Research Centre   (Australia)

^d Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Emotional regulation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Menopause; Perimenopause

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLIMACTERIUM; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 77954899258     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181df840f     Document Type: Article

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