Decreasing ventromedial prefrontal cortex deactivation in risky decision making after simulated microgravity: Effects of -6° head-down tilt bed rest

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Rao, Li Lin ^a   Zhou, Yuan ^a   Liang, Zhu Yuan ^a   Rao, Henyi ^b   Zheng, Rui ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Tan, Cheng ^c   Xiao, Yi ^c   Tian, Zhi Qiang ^c   Chen, Xiao Ping ^c   Wang, Chun Hui ^c   Bai, Yan Qiang ^c   Chen, Shan Guang ^c   Li, Shu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Astronaut Research and Training Center   (China)

Author keywords

BART; Bed rest; fMRI; Risk; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON ANALOG RISK TASK; BED REST; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84901596724     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00187     Document Type: Article

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