Real-time neurofeedback using functional MRI could improve down-regulation of amygdala activity during emotional stimulation: A proof-of-concept study

Brain Topography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-148

  Brühl, Annette Beatrix ^a,b   Scherpiet, Sigrid ^a   Sulzer, James ^c,d   Stämpfli, Philipp ^a   Seifritz, Erich ^a   Herwig, Uwe ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Amygdala; Anxiety; Emotion regulation; Faces; MPFC; Neurofeedback; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DOWN-REGULATION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROFEEDBACK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892669287     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-013-0331-9     Document Type: Article

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