Neuroimaging in specific phobia disorder: A systematic review of the literature;Neuroimagem do transtorno de fobia específica: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Linares, Ila M P ^a   Trzesniak, Clarissa ^a   Chagas, Marcos Hortes N ^a   Hallak, Jaime E C ^a   Nardi, Antonio E ^b   Crippa, José Alexandre S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHOBIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858052377     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1516-4446(12)70017-X     Document Type: Review

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