Activation of the ventral striatum during aversive contextual conditioning in humans

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-80

  Pohlack, Sebastian T ^a   Nees, Frauke ^a   Ruttorf, Michaela ^a   Schad, Lothar R ^a   Flor, Herta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear learning; FMRI; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVERSIVE CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BASAL GANGLIA; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84862301304     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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