Effect of parasympathetic stimulation on brain activity during appraisal of fearful expressions

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1649-1658

  Makovac, Elena ^a   Garfinkel, Sarah N ^b   Bassi, Andrea ^a   Basile, Barbara ^a   Macaluso, Emiliano ^a   Cercignani, Mara ^a,b   Calcagnini, Giovanni ^c   Mattei, Eugenio ^c   Agalliu, Daniela ^a   Cortelli, Pietro ^d,e   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,f   Bozzali, Marco ^a   Critchley, Hugo ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Italian Health Institute   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e IRCCS ISTITUTO DELLE SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939961282     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.10     Document Type: Article

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