The influence of work-related chronic stress on the regulation of emotion and on functional connectivity in the brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Golkar, Armita ^a   Johansson, Emilia ^a   Kasahara, Maki ^a   Osika, Walter ^a   Perski, Aleksander ^b   Savic, Ivanka ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC STRESS; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; JOB STRESS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESTING STATE NETWORK; STARTLE REFLEX; UPREGULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFLEX, STARTLE;

EID: 84906971544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104550     Document Type: Article

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