Neural correlates of trait anxiety in fear extinction

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 789-798

  Sehlmeyer, C ^a   Dannlowski, U ^a   Schoning S ^a   Kugel, H ^a   Pyka, M ^a   Pfleiderer, B ^a   Zwitserlood, P ^b   Schiffbauer, H ^a,c   Heindel, W ^a   Arolt, V ^a   Konrad, C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACC; amygdala; conditioning; extinction; fear; trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959535425     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001248     Document Type: Article

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