Meta-analysis of functional brain imaging in specific phobia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 311-322

  Ipser, Jonathan C ^a   Singh, Leesha ^a,b   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b 2 Military Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

amygdala; cognitive behavioral therapy; magnetic resonance imaging; meta analysis; phobic disorders

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOBIA; POSITRON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; META-ANALYSIS; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; PHOBIC DISORDERS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880278239     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12055     Document Type: Review

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