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  Different patterns of regional brain activation during emotional stimulation in alexithymics in comparison with normal controls a positron emission tomography (PET) study with O-15- H2O and emotional stimulation by way of autobiographic recall

Huber, M., Herholz, K., Habedank, B., Thiel, A., Müller-Küppers, M., Ebel, H., et al. (2002). Different patterns of regional brain activation during emotional stimulation in alexithymics in comparison with normal controls a positron emission tomography (PET) study with O-15- H2O and emotional stimulation by way of autobiographic recall. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 52(11), 469-478.

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Huber, M.1, Author
Herholz, Karl2, Author           
Habedank, B.1, Author
Thiel, A.3, Author           
Müller-Küppers, M.1, Author
Ebel, H.1, Author
Subic-Wrana, C.1, Author
Kohle, K.1, Author
Heiss, Wolf-Dieter2, Author           
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1Univ Cologne, Inst & Poliklin Psychosomat & Psychotherapie, D-; 50924 Cologne, Germany; Univ Cologne, Inst & Poliklin Psychosomat & Psychotherapie, D-50924 Cologne, Germany; Max Planck Inst Neurol Res, D-50931 Cologne, Germany; Rhein Westfal TH Univ Aachen, Psychiat Klin, D-5100 Aachen, Germany, ou_persistent22              
2Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Emeriti, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Managing Director: Jens Brüning, Max Planck Society, ou_2149649              
3Klinisches PET, Neurologische Abteilung, Max-Planck-Institut für neurologische Forschung, Managing Director: D. Yves von Cramon, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Managing Director: Jens Brüning, Max Planck Society, ou_2149663              

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Free keywords: alexithymia; emotion
 Abstract: Objective: This study was designed to determine patterns of regional brain activation during emotional stimulation in alexithymics as compared with normal controls. Method: We used O-15-water positron emission tomography and an emotional stimulation paradigm based upon autobiographic recall of either happy, sad or emotionally neutral situations. 10 normal subjects without medical or psychiatrical history were compared with 9 patients with somatoform disorder without any other DSM- IV diagnosis. TAS-20 was used as a measure for alexithymia, depression was measured using BDI. Results: Normal controls showed significantly greater activation than alexithymics in cingulate areas, corpus callosum, and right superior and inferior frontal gyrus. Alexithymics activated significantly more in cuneus and precuneus, thalamus (pulvinar), left medial frontal, right inferior temporal, left superior temporal regions, left precentral gyrus, and the cerebellum. Conclusions: During emotional autobiographic recall, alexithymia, either trait or state, is characterized by utilization of different brain regions when compared to normal controls. The areas activated by alexithymic persons largely comprise of language related regions, leaving out limbic and paralimbic areas.

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Language(s): deu - German
 Dates: 2002-11
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: eDoc: 13145
ISI: 000179351400006
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Title: Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie
  Alternative Title : Psychother. Psychosom. Med. Psychol.
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 52 (11) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 469 - 478 Identifier: ISSN: 0937-2032