Amygdala excitability to subliminally presented emotional faces distinguishes unipolar and bipolar depression: An fMRI and pattern classification study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2995-3007

  Grotegerd, Dominik ^a   Stuhrmann, Anja ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Schmidt, Simone ^a   Redlich, Ronny ^a   Zwanzger, Peter ^a   Rauch, Astrid Veronika ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Zwitserlood, Pienie ^a   Arolt, Volker ^a   Suslow, Thomas ^a,b   Dannlowski, Udo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Depression; FMRI; Pattern classification; Subliminal emotion processing

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMISULPRIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ASENAPINE; CITALOPRAM; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PIPAMPERONE; PROMETHAZINE; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902138070     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22380     Document Type: Article

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