Emotion-dependent responses in spinal cord neurons: A spinal fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 269-274

  Smith, Stephen D ^a,b   Kornelsen, Jennifer ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion; Movement; Spinal cord; Spinal fMRI; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960635814     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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