Interoceptive-reflective regions differentiate alexithymia traits in depersonalization disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Lemche, Erwin ^a   Brammer, Michael J ^a   David, Anthony S ^a   Surguladze, Simon A ^a   Phillips, Mary L ^b   Sierra, Mauricio ^a   Williams, Steven C R ^a   Giampietro, Vincent P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depersonalization Disorder; Differential regression analysis; Facial expressions; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARACINGULATE GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; DEPERSONALIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84883255539     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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