Pervasive competition between threat and reward in the brain

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 737-750

  Choi, Jong Moon ^a   Padmala, Srikanth ^a   Spechler, Philip ^a   Pessoa, Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior insula; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; FMRI; Midbrain; Reward; Striatum; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; VISION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SEPTAL NUCLEI; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84902287381     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst053     Document Type: Article

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