Alcohol attenuates activation in the bilateral anterior insula during an emotional processing task: A pilot study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-552

  Padula, Claudia B ^a,d   Simmons, Alan N ^b,c   Matthews, Scott C ^b,c   Robinson, Shannon K ^b,c   Tapert, Susan F ^b,c   Schuckit, Marc A ^b,c   Paulus, Martin P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; ETHANOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051986998     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr066     Document Type: Article

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