Amygdala reactivity to emotional faces at high and low intensity in generalized social phobia: a 4-Tesla functional

K Lira Yoon1, Daniel A Fitzgerald, Mike Angstadt

  • 1Brain Imaging and Emotions Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637-1470, USA.

Psychiatry Research
|November 14, 2006
PubMed

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