Neurofeedback-mediated self-regulation of the dopaminergic midbrain

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 817-825

  Sulzer, James ^a   Sitaram, Ranganatha ^b,c   Blefari, Maria Laura ^a   Kollias, Spyros ^d   Birbaumer, Niels ^b,e   Stephan, Klaas Enno ^f,g   Luft, Andreas ^h   Gassert, Roger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Neurofeedback; Real time fMRI; Skin conductance response; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ABSTRACT VISUAL FEEDBACK; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL IMAGERY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

DOPAMINE; NEUROFEEDBACK; REAL-TIME FMRI; SKIN CONDUCTANCE RESPONSE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROFEEDBACK; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881483675     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.115     Document Type: Article

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