Distinct contributions of human hippocampal theta to spatial cognition and anxiety

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1848-1859

  Cornwell, Brian R ^a   Arkin, Nicole ^a   Overstreet, Cassie ^a   Carver, Frederick W ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Hippocampus; Magnetoencephalography; Spatial cognition; Theta oscillation; Virtual navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION THERAPY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORRIS WATER MAZE; NEURONAVIGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALGORITHMS; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865607686     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22019     Document Type: Article

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