Hoertnagl CM, Muehlbacher M, Biedermann F, Yalcin N, Baumgartner S, Schwitzer G,
Deisenhammer EA, Hausmann A, Kemmler G, Benecke C, Hofer A. Facial emotion …

Patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BPD), by definition, have problems with emotional
regulation. However, it remains uncertain whether these patients are also deficient at …

Background The emotional perception test is considered an effective tool in differentiating
between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We hypothesized that schizophrenic patients …

Schizophrenia patients show abnormalities in the processing of facial emotion. The
amygdala is a central part of a brain network that is involved in the perception of facial …

Objective: Processing affective facial expressions is an important component of
interpersonal relationships. However, depressed patients show impairments in this system …

Functional neuroimaging studies have implicated the involvement of the amygdala and
ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder …

OBJECTIVE: Literature review of the controlled studies in the last 18 years in emotion
recognition deficits in bipolar disorder. METHOD: A bibliographical research of controlled …

BACKGROUND: This study investigated activation of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and
amygdala during the presentation of happy facial affect images in patients with panic …

Neuropsychological studies reported that bilateral amygdala-damaged patients had
impaired recognition of facial expressions of fear. However, the specificity of this impairment …

BackgroundDepression has been associated with limbic hyperactivation and frontal
hypoactivation in response to negative facial stimuli. Anxiety disorders have also been …