Right prefrontal HF-rTMS attenuates right amygdala processing of negatively valenced emotional stimuli in healthy females

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-455

  Baeken, C ^a   De Raedt, R ^b   Van Schuerbeek, P ^a   Vanderhasselt, M A ^b   De Mey, J ^a   Bossuyt, A ^a   Luypaert, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdala; FMRI; Healthy females; HF rTMS; Lateralization; Neurocircuitry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77955275649     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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