Fear conditioning is associated with dynamic directed functional interactions between and within the human amygdala, hippocampus, and frontal lobe

Neuroscience

Volumn 189, Issue , 2011, Pages 359-369

  Liu, C C ^a   Crone, N E ^b   Franaszczuk, P J ^b   Cheng, D T ^b   Schretlen, D S ^b   Lenz, F A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Human; Laser; Local field potentials; Network; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONDITIONING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; YAG LASER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79960908849     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.067     Document Type: Article

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