title: Affective neuroscience and the study of normal and abnormal emotion regulation.
abstract: Affective neuroscience allows investigators to study the biologic basis of psychologic phenomena such as emotion and mood. Understanding the components of emotion, valence, and arousal and their physiologic correlates is the starting point for studies that quantify emotional and physiologic reactions. This information could provide insight into the biologic foundations of numerous psychiatric conditions. Understanding the normal development of emotions and regulation of emotion will provide new avenues of research into the complex problem of severe mood disorders.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Room 4N-208, NIMH Building 10, 10 Center Drive, MCS 1255, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. bhangoor@intra.nimh.nih.gov
authors.forename: Robinder K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bhangoo
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leibenluft
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017668:Age of Onset; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology