Amygdala activation during emotional face processing in adolescents with affective disorders: The role of underlying depression and anxiety symptoms

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  van den Bulk, Bianca G ^a,b   Meens, Paul H F ^a,b   van Lang, Natasja D J ^a,b   de Voogd, E L ^c   van der Wee, Nic J A ^b,d   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^b,d   Crone, Eveline A ^b   Vermeiren, Robert R J M ^a,b  

^a Acad Ctr Child and Adol Psychiat   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Amygdala; Anxiety; Depression; Face processing; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RESPONSE TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84901987869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00393     Document Type: Article

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