Real-time imaging of cortical areas involved in the generation of increases in skin sympathetic nerve activity when viewing emotionally charged images

NeuroImage

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-40

  Henderson, Luke A ^a   Stathis, Alexandra ^a,b   James, Cheree ^b   Brown, Rachael ^b   McDonald, Skye ^c   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; FMRI; IASP images; Microneurography; Skin sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CEREBELLUM CORTEX; EMOTION; EROTISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PONS; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861651392     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.04.049     Document Type: Article

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