Emotional valence modulates brain functional abnormalities in depression: Evidence from a meta-analysis of fMRI studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-163

  Groenewold, Nynke A ^a   Opmeer, Esther M ^a   de Jonge, Peter ^a   Aleman, André ^a   Costafreda, Sergi G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate; MDD; Negative affect; Neuroimaging; Reward; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84871871809     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.015     Document Type: Review

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