Deficient prefrontal attentional control in late-life generalized anxiety disorder: An fMRI investigation

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Price, R B ^a,b   Eldreth, D A ^c   Mohlman, J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; anxiety; attention; attentional bias; FMRI; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STROOP TEST;

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STROOP TEST;

EID: 80054032563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2011.46     Document Type: Article

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