Neurons in the human amygdala selective for perceived emotion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 30, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Shuo ^a   Tudusciuc, Oana ^a   Mamelak, Adam N ^b   Ross, Ian B ^c   Adolphs, Ralph ^a,d   Rutishauser, Ueli ^a,b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Human single unit; Intracranial; Limbic system; Medial temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH ELECTRODE; EMOTION; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN SINGLE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EMOTIONS; FACE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 84905036027     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323342111     Document Type: Article

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