Perceived stress predicts altered reward and loss feedback processing in medial prefrontal cortex

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Treadway, Michael T ^a   Buckholtz, Joshua W ^b   Zald, David H ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84933674022     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00180     Document Type: Article

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