Real-time fMRI biofeedback targeting the orbitofrontal cortex for contamination anxiety

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 59, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Hampson, Michelle ^a   Stoica, Teodora ^a   Saksa, John ^a   Scheinost, Dustin ^a   Qiu, Maolin ^a   Bhawnani, Jitendra ^a   Pittenger, Christopher ^a,b   Papademetris, Xenophon ^a   Constable, Todd ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Contamination anxiety; Issue 59; Medicine; Neurofeedback; Obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD; OFC; Orbitofrontal cortex; Real time fMRI; Resting connectivity; Rt fMRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857026193     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3535     Document Type: Article

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