Functional changes in brain activity after hypnosis in patients with dental phobia

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 109, Issue 4-6, 2015, Pages 131-142

  Halsband, Ulrike ^a   Wolf, Thomas Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Dental phobia; Fear; fMRI; Functional brain activity changes; Hippocampus; Hypnosis; Insula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL ANXIETY SCALE; DENTAL FEAR SURVEY; DENTAL HYPNOSIS; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTAL SURGERY; EDINBURGH INVENTORY OF HANDEDNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HARVARD GROUP SCALE OF HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIERARCHICAL ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; INSULA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVE HYPNOSIS; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006073388     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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