Amygdala hyperactivation to angry faces in intermittent explosive disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-41

  McCloskey, Michael S ^a   Phan, K Luan ^b,c   Angstadt, Mike ^d   Fettich, Karla C ^a   Keedy, Sarah ^e   Coccaro, Emil F ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Explicit emotion information processing; Faces; FMRI; Intermittent explosive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANGER; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL RECOGNITION; HAPPINESS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANGER; BRAIN MAPPING; DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84964587109     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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