Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 105-113 , 30 August 2010

Habitual emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms in healthy subjects predict fMRI brain activation patterns related to major depression

  • Birgit Abler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, 89075 Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 731 500 61560; fax: +49 731 500 61412.
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  • Christian Hofer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Henrik Walter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Susanne Erk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Holger Hoffmann

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology, Ulm, Germany
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  • Harald C. Traue

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology, Ulm, Germany
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  • Henrik Kessler

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology, Ulm, Germany

Received 1 October 2008 ,Revised 7 May 2010 ,Accepted 20 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.010

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 105-113 , 30 August 2010

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