Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , 15 January 2007

Expecting unpleasant stimuli – An fMRI study

  • Uwe Herwig

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychiatric University Hospital, Department of Psychiatric Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine, Minervastr. 145, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 44 389 1480; fax: +41 44 389 1414.
    • ,
  • Birgit Abler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Henrik Walter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn Germany
    • ,
  • Susanne Erk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn Germany

Received 14 March 2005 ,Revised 2 August 2005 ,Accepted 20 February 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00122-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.02.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , 15 January 2007

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