Meanings of amygdala activation in English

The presence of emotional aspects of craving is suggested by amygdala activation.

Pearson correlation coefficients between amygdala activation and HAM-D score also were performed.

Contemptuous faces did not elicit stronger amygdala activation than did disgusted expressions.

Moreover, amygdala activation correlated with reward magnitude for immediate but not for delayed rewards.

This amygdala activation correlated with trait anger scores in men, but not in women.

Men had higher left amygdala activation during high provocation.

Social phobia severity was negatively related to amygdala activation.

The temporal profile of amygdala activation was also investigated.

The results showed that threat-elicited amygdala activation varied with the arousal, not valence, of emotional images.

Masked sad and happy facial emotions led to greater right amygdala activation than masked neutral faces.

Furthermore, greater amygdala activation to the presentation of fearful faces was highly correlated with greater severity of flat affect.

Results: Greater differential right amygdala activation to matching fearful v. happy facial expressions related to greater negative affectivity (i.e.

Positive Pearson correlations between amygdala activation and HAM-D score were found for both left and right ROIs in the patient group.

Moreover, the right-sided amygdala activation during the unpleasant word condition was strongly correlated with the BOLD response in the occipital cortex.

Results: In comparison to healthy control group, Tourette's patients showed significantly higher amygdala activation, especially pronounced for fearful, angry and neutral expressions.

Finally, an increase in subject's state anxiety (evaluated by questionnaire) while in the scanner correlated with amygdala activation under some conditions.