Attenuated responses to emotional expressions in women with generalized anxiety disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1009-1018

  Palm, M E ^a   Elliott, R ^a   McKie, S ^a   Deakin, J F W ^a   Anderson, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; emotion; fMRI; GAD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 79953185108     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001455     Document Type: Article

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