Ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the regulation of physiological arousal

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 900-908

  Zhang, Sheng ^a   Hu, Sien ^a   Chao, Herta H ^b,c   Ide, Jaime S ^d   Luo, Xi ^e   Farr, Olivia M ^b   Li, Chiang Shan R ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Granger causality; Skin conductance; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84904248974     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst064     Document Type: Article

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