Frontal Brain Asymmetry as a Biological Substrate of Emotions in Patients With Panic Disorders
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 January 1999
Georg Wiedemann, Paul Pauli, Wilhelm Dengler, W. Lutzenberger, Niels Birbaumer, Gerhard Buchkremer
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The hypothesis that patients with panic disorder are characterized by greater activation of a right frontal avoidance-withdrawal system in negatively valenced situations is supported.
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These data support the hypothesis that patients with panic disorder are characterized by greater activation of a right frontal avoidance-withdrawal system in negatively valenced situations. The findings are interpreted as biological evidence for a disturbed cortical processing in patients with panic disorder.
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