Effect of trait anxiety on prefrontal control mechanisms during emotional conflict

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2207-2214

  Comte, Magali ^a   Cancel, Aïda ^a   Coull, Jennifer T ^a   Schön, Daniele ^b   Reynaud, Emmanuelle ^a   Boukezzi, Sarah ^a   Rousseau, Pierre François ^a   Robert, Gabriel ^c   Khalfa, Stéphanie ^a   Guedj, Eric ^a   Blin, Olivier ^a,d   Weinberger, Daniel R ^e   Fakra, Eric ^a,d,f  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Behavior and Basal Ganglia Unit EA 4712 University of Rennes 1   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Emotional conflict; FMRI; Lateral prefrontal cortex; Psychophysiological interaction; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROL SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL CONFLICT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR COMMISSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928762523     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22765     Document Type: Article

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