Social anxiety disorder and the psychobiology of self-consciousness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue September, 2015, Pages

  Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Insula; Psychobiology; Self consciousness; Social anxiety disorder; Temperoparietal

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLUSHING; BOLD SIGNAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONALITY; GAZE; HUMAN; INSULA; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; SELF CONSCIOUSNESS; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84942906324     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00489     Document Type: Article

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