Gastroenterology
Volume 128, Issue 7 , Pages 1819-1829 , June 2005

Brain Response to Visceral Aversive Conditioning: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

  • Lidia Yágüez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Lidia Yágüez, PhD, Department of Psychology, P077, HWB, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. fax: (44) 0-20-7848-5006.
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  • Steven Coen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Lloyd J. Gregory

      Affiliations

    • Section of GI Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  • Edson Amaro Jr

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Christian Altman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Michael J. Brammer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Edward T. Bullmore

      Affiliations

    • Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • Steven C.R. Williams

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Qasim Aziz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

Received 1 March 2004 ,Accepted 23 February 2005.

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 Funded by a grant awarded by the Medical Research Council, UK (to Q.A.).

PII: S0016-5085(05)00629-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.02.068

Gastroenterology
Volume 128, Issue 7 , Pages 1819-1829 , June 2005

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