Anterior cingulate cortex: Unique role in cognition and emotion

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-125

  Stevens, Francis L ^a   Hurley, Robin A ^a,b   Taber, Katherine H ^a,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d and Emerging Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; EMOTIONS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS;

EID: 85047689381     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp121     Document Type: Article

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