Amygdala functional connectivity is reduced after the cold pressor task

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-518

  Clewett, David ^a   Schoeke, Andrej ^b   Mather, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arterial spin labeling; Cold pressor task; Functional connectivity; Pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COLD; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; EMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84885131440     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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