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| Functional neuroanatomy of robbery re-experience: Affective memories studied with PET |
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| Author(s): Fischer H, Wik G, Fredrikson M |
| Source: NEUROREPORT Volume: 7 Issue: 13 Pages: 2081-2086 Published: SEP 2 1996 |
| Times Cited: 43 References: 26 |
| Abstract: USING positron emission tomography (PET) and [O-15]butanol, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was determined in six bank officials during exposure to a video of a jointly experienced armed bank robbery, and a control video. Besides elevating subjective and physiological indices of anxiety, traumatic stimulation increased rCBF bilaterally in the primary and secondary visual cortex, the posterior gyrus cinguli and in the left orbitofrontal cortex compared with that during the control stimultion. Decreased rCBF was found in Broca's area, the left angular gyrus, the left operculum and the secondary somatosensory cortex. Thus, the stress induced by visual re-experience of a robbery is associated with altered activity in paralimbic and cortical brain regions of relevance for cognition and affect. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Fischer, H (reprint author), UNIV UPPSALA, DEPT CLIN PSYCHOL, BOX 1225, S-75142 UPPSALA, SWEDEN |
Addresses:
1. UPPSALA PET CTR, UPPSALA, SWEDEN
2. KAROLINSKA HOSP & INST, DEPT CLIN NEUROSCI, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
3. UNIV MUNSTER, BIOMAGNETISM CTR, INST EXPT AUDIOL, D-4400 MUNSTER, GERMANY |
| Publisher: RAPID SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2-6 BOUNDARY ROW, LONDON, ENGLAND SE1 8NH |
| Subject Category: Neurosciences |
| IDS Number: WD441 |
| ISSN: 0959-4965 |
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