Neural systems for cognitive and emotional processing in posttraumatic stress disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Brown, Vanessa M ^a,b   Morey, Rajendra A ^a,b,c  

^a Duke University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Emotion processing; Emotion cognition interactions; Neuroimaging; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870941047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00449     Document Type: Article

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