Sustained anxiety increases amygdala-dorsomedial prefrontal coupling: A mechanism for maintaining an anxious state in healthy adults

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 321-329

  Vytal, Katherine E ^a   Overstreet, Cassie ^a   Charney, Danielle R ^a   Robinson, Oliver J ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTICIPATION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906815839     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.130145     Document Type: Article

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