Bipolar disorder: A neural network perspective on a disorder of emotion and motivation

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-62

  Wessa, Michèle ^b   Kanske, Philipp ^c   Linke, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

amygdala; behavioral activation system; connectivity; emotion regulation; orbitofrontal cortex; reward; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; UNCINATE FASCICULUS;

AMYGDALA; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION SYSTEM; CONNECTIVITY; EMOTION REGULATION; ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; VULNERABILITY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84881468707     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-139007     Document Type: Article

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