Lifespan anxiety is reflected in human amygdala cortical connectivity

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1178-1193

  He, Ye ^a,b   Xu, Ting ^a   Zhang, Wei ^c   Zuo, Xi Nian ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Connectomics; FMRI; Functional connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; FEMALE; FRONTOPARIETAL NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIMBIC NETWORK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SOMATOMOTOR NETWORK; VENTRAL ATTENTION NETWORK; VISUAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; AGING; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATASETS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958022182     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23094     Document Type: Article

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