Altered resting state connectivity of the default mode network in alexithymia

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 660-666

  Liemburg, Edith J ^a,c   Swart, Marte ^a,b   Bruggeman, Richard ^a   Kortekaas, Rudie ^a   Knegtering, Henderikus ^a,b   Ćurčić Blake, Branislava ^a   Aleman, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Mental Healthcare   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Connectivity; Default mode network; FMRI; Resting state

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAIN; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REST; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865787698     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss048     Document Type: Article

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