Increased Neural Habituation in the Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Social Anxiety Disorder Revealed by fMRI

Ronald Sladky; Anna Höflich; Jacqueline Atanelov; Christoph Kraus; Pia Baldinger; Ewald Moser; Rupert Lanzenberger; Christian Windischberger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050050

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Increased Neural Habituation in the Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Social Anxiety Disorder Revealed by fMRI

Ronald Sladky,

Affiliations MR Centre of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Anna Höflich,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Jacqueline Atanelov,

Affiliations MR Centre of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Christoph Kraus,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Pia Baldinger,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ewald Moser,

Affiliations MR Centre of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Rupert Lanzenberger,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Christian Windischberger

* E-mail: christian.windischberger@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations MR Centre of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Increased Neural Habituation in the Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Social Anxiety Disorder Revealed by fMRI

Ronald Sladky,
Anna Höflich,
Jacqueline Atanelov,
Christoph Kraus,
Pia Baldinger,
Ewald Moser,
Rupert Lanzenberger,
Christian Windischberger

Published: November 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050050

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