Amygdala-prefrontal cortex functional connectivity during threat-induced anxiety and goal distraction

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 394-403

  Gold, Andrea L ^a   Morey, Rajendra A ^b,c   McCarthy, Gregory ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GOALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922621061     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

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