Alcohol Attenuates Activation in the Bilateral Anterior Insula during an Emotional Processing Task: A Pilot Study †.

Aims: Alcohol acutely reduces agitation and is widely used in social situations, but the neural substrates of emotion processing during its intoxication are not well understood. We examine whether alcohol's social stress dampening effect may be via reduced activity in the cortical systems that subse...

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Published in:	Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 547 - 553
Main Authors:	Padula, Claudia B., Simmons, Alan N., Matthews, Scott C., Robinson, Shannon K., Tapert, Susan F., Schuckit, Marc A., Paulus, Martin P.
Format:	diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Sep/Oct2011
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost