Fear processing and social networking in the absence of a functional amygdala

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-77

  Becker, Benjamin ^a   Mihov, Yoan ^a   Scheele, Dirk ^a   Kendrick, Keith M ^b   Feinstein, Justin S ^c   Matusch, Andreas ^d   Aydin, Merve ^a   Reich, Harald ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a   Oros Peusquens, Ana Maria ^d   Shah, Nadim J ^d,e   Kunz, Wolfram S ^a,f   Schlaepfer, Thomas E ^a,g   Zilles, Karl ^d   Maier, Wolfgang ^a,h   Hurlemann, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^f Life and Brain Center   (Germany)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; amygdala lesion; compensation; emotion; face; fear; fMRI; mirror neuron system; social network

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE CELL; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS OF URBACH AND WIETHE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL PROCESSES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84862012345     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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