Neural systems underlying approach and avoidance in anxiety disorders;Sistemas neurales en que se sustenta la aproximación y la evitación en los trastornos ansiosos

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-531

  Aupperle, Robin L ^a,b   Paulus, Martin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety disorder; Approach; Avoidance; Conflict; Decision making; Insula; Neuroimaging; Prefrontal cortex; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INSULA; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; EMOTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952481227     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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