Left DLPFC rTMS stimulation reduced the anxiety bias effect or how to restore the positive memory processing in high-anxiety subjects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 554-559

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Ferrari, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; DLPFC; Emotions; Retrieval task; RTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANXIETY; DLPFC; EMOTIONS; RETRIEVAL TASK; RTMS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885483926     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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