Single-unit responses selective for whole faces in the human amygdala

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1654-1660

  Rutishauser, Ueli ^a,b   Tudusciuc, Oana ^b   Neumann, Dirk ^b   Mamelak, Adam N ^c   Heller, A Christopher ^d   Ross, Ian B ^d   Philpott, Linda ^d   Sutherling, William W ^d   Adolphs, Ralph ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

PRIMATES;

EID: 80053980806     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.035     Document Type: Article

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