Neural correlates of individual differences in anxiety sensitivity: An fMRI study using semantic priming

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1245-1254

  Yang, Yunbo ^a   Lueken, Ulrike ^b,c   Wittmann, André ^d   Holtz, Katharina ^e   Kleint, Nina Isabel ^c   Herrmann, Martin J ^b   Sass, Katharina ^f   Jansen, Andreas ^a   Konrad, Carsten ^a,g   Ströhle, Andreas ^d   Pfleiderer, Bettina ^h   Lotze, Martin ^e   Hamm, Alfons ^e   Deckert, Jürgen ^b   Arolt, Volker ^h   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^c   Kircher, Tilo ^a   Straube, Benjamin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g Department of Psychiatry Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg ^*  (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior insula; Anxiety sensitivity; Left inferior prefrontal gyrus; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPETITION PRIMING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPETITION PRIMING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989235522     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsw024     Document Type: Article

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