Connectivity of the amygdala, piriform, and orbitofrontal cortex during olfactory stimulation: A functional MRI study

NeuroReport

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 171-175

  Nigri, Anna ^a   Ferraro, Stefania ^a   D'incerti, Ludovico ^a   Critchley, Hugo D ^b,c   Bruzzone, Maria Grazia ^a   Minati, Ludovico ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amygdala; functional connectivity; functional MRI; graph theory; olfaction; orbitofrontal cortex; piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY STIMULUS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PYRIFORM SINUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873433523     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835d5d2b     Document Type: Article

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