Neural correlates of spontaneous panic attacks

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-269

  Dresler, Thomas ^a   Hahn, Tim ^a   Plichta, Michael M ^b   Ernst, Lena H ^a,c   Tupak, Sara V ^a   Ehlis, Ann Christine ^a,c   Warrings, Bodo ^a   Deckert, Jürgen ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; fMRI; Insula; Panic attack; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; METOPROLOL; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL; PANIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 79955940228     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0540-2     Document Type: Article

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