Neural substrates of defensive reactivity in two subtypes of specific phobia

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1668-1675

  Lueken, Ulrike ^a   Hilbert, Kevin ^a   Stolyar, Veronika ^a   Maslowski, Nina I ^a   Beesdo Baum, Katja ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Defensive behaviour; FMRI; Midbrain; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928660425     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst159     Document Type: Article

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