Atypical modulation of medial prefrontal cortex to self-referential comments in generalized social phobia

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Blair, Karina S ^a   Geraci, Marilla ^a   Otero, Marcela ^a   Majestic, Catherine ^a   Odenheimer, Stephanie ^a   Jacobs, Madeline ^a   Blair, R J R ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Self referentiality; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957587777     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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