Ventral medial prefrontal functional connectivity and emotion regulation in chronic schizophrenia: A pilot study

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-74

  Fan, Feng Mei ^a,b   Tan, Shu Ping ^a   Yang, Fu De ^a   Tan, Yun Long ^a   Zhao, Yan Li ^a   Chen, Nan ^a   Li, Bin Bin ^a   Song, Chong Sheng ^a   Wang, Yun Hui ^a   Jin, Zhen ^c   Zhou, Dong Feng ^d   Milham, Michael P ^e,f   Zou, Yi Zhuang ^a   Zuo, Xi Nian ^b  

^a BEIJING HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Laboratory for Functional Connectome and Development   (China)

^c 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CHILD MIND INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Functional connectivity; Functional MRI; Resting state; Schizophrenia; Ventral medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MIDDLE TEMPORAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL CORTEX; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873279281     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1300-8     Document Type: Article

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