Automatic amygdala response to facial expression in schizophrenia: Initial hyperresponsivity followed by hyporesponsivity

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Suslow, Thomas ^a,b   Lindner, Christian ^a   Dannlowski, Udo ^a,c   Walhöfer, Kirsten ^a   Rödiger, Maike ^a   Maisch, Birgit ^d   Bauer, Jochen ^a   Ohrmann, Patricia ^a   Lencer, Rebekka ^a   Zwitserlood, Pienie ^a   Kersting, Anette ^b   Heindel, Walter ^a   Arolt, Volker ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Klinik am Schlossgarten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Automatic processing; Facial expression; fMRI; Schizophrenia; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROIMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887386158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-140     Document Type: Article

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