Acquired alexithymia following damage to the anterior insula

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 82, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-148

  Hogeveen, J ^a,b   Bird, G ^c,d   Chau, A ^a   Krueger, F ^e   Grafman, J ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anterior cingulate cortex; Anterior insula; Human lesion study; Interoception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; INJURIES; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAR;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84956825885     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.01.021     Document Type: Article

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