The primate amygdala in social perception - insights from electrophysiological recordings and stimulation

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 295-306

  Rutishauser, Ueli ^a,b   Mamelak, Adam N ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRIMATES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84928434465     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.03.001     Document Type: Review

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