The neural basis of attaining conscious awareness of sad mood

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 574-587

  Smith, Ryan ^a,c   Braden, B Blair ^a   Chen, Kewei ^b   Ponce, Francisco A ^a   Lane, Richard D ^c   Baxter, Leslie C ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BANNER ALZHEIMER S INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Functional MRI; Insula; Prefrontal cortex; Sad mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AWARENESS; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942364238     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9318-8     Document Type: Article

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