Do brain responses to emotional images and cigarette cues differ? An fMRI study in smokers

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2054-2063

  Versace, Francesco ^a   Engelmann, Jeffrey M ^a   Jackson, Edward F ^a   Costa, Vincent D ^b   Robinson, Jason D ^a   Lam, Cho Y ^a   Minnix, Jennifer A ^a   Brown, Victoria L ^a   Wetter, David W ^a   Cinciripini, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Insula; Nicotine; Pictures; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSAL STRIATUM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ASSOCIATION CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 83555179094     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07915.x     Document Type: Article

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