Elevated amygdala activity to negative faces in young adults with early onset major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Mingtian, Zhong ^a,b   Shuqiao, Yao ^a   Xiongzhao, Zhu ^a   Jinyao, Yi ^a   Xueling, Zhu ^a   Xiang, Wang ^a   Yingzi, Luo ^a   Jian, Liao ^c   Wei, Wang ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emotional processing task; FMRI; Fronto limbic; MDD; Threat related

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859007937     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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