FMRI activation in the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex in unmedicated subjects with major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-217

  Townsend, Jennifer D ^a   Eberhart, Nicole K ^b   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^a   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^c   Foland Ross, Lara C ^d   Cook, Ian A ^a   Sugar, Catherine A ^e   Altshuler, Lori L ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; DLPFC; Emotion; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

OXYGEN;

EID: 77956170435     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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