Mirroring fear in the absence of a functional amygdala

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mihov, Yoan ^a   Kendrick, Keith M ^b   Becker, Benjamin ^a   Zschernack, Jacob ^a   Reich, Harald ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a,d   Keysers, Christian ^c,e   Hurlemann, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS; MIRROR NEURON NETWORK; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS OF URBACH AND WIETHE; MIRROR NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84875214450     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.10.029     Document Type: Letter

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