Emotion processing and regulation in bipolar disorder: A review

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-339

  Townsend, Jennifer ^a,b   Altshuler, Lori L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Emotion processing; Emotion regulation; Functional neuroimaging; VlPFC

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MEDLINE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84861489681     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01021.x     Document Type: Review

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