Emotional processing and executive functions in major depressive disorder: Dorsal prefrontal activity correlates with performance in the intra-extra dimensional set shift

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 269-279

  Heinzel, Alexander ^a   Northoff, Georg ^b   Boeker, Heinz ^c   Boesiger, Peter ^c   Grimm, Simone ^c,d,e  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

emotional processing; executive functions; fMRI; IED; mayor depressive disorder; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78349301687     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2010.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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