Amygdala activation in response to facial expressions in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 643-651

  Britton, Jennifer C ^a,b   Stewart, Evelyn ^c   Killgore, William D S ^b   Rosso, Isabelle M ^b   Price, Lauren M ^b   Gold, Andrea L ^b,d   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Wilhelm, Sabine ^c   Jenike, Michael A ^c   Rauch, Scott L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Disgust; Fear; FMRI; Neuroimaging; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STIMULATION; CHILD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956827139     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20718     Document Type: Article

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