State anxiety modulation of the amygdala response to unattended threat-related stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 46, 2004, Pages 10364-10368

  Bishop, Sonia J ^a   Duncan, John ^a   Lawrence, Andrew D ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Attention; Emotion; Fear; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 9244246803     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2550-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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