Abnormally reduced dorsomedial prefrontal cortical activity and effective connectivity with amygdala in response to negative emotional faces in postpartum depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1373-1380

  Moses Kolko, Eydie L ^a   Perlman, Susan B ^a   Wisner, Katherine L ^a   James, Jeffrey ^a   Saul, A Tova ^a   Phillips, Mary L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349247565     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09081235     Document Type: Article

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