title: Novelty seeking modulates medial prefrontal activity during the anticipation of emotional stimuli.
abstract: In a functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment, expectancy cues signaling emotional stimuli were used to study the personality trait of novelty seeking. BOLD responses to emotional expectancy were positively correlated with novelty-seeking scores in the medial prefrontal cortex. This correlation was strongest for the sub-dimension of exploratory excitability.
authors.affiliation: Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. felix.bermpohl@charite.de
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bermpohl
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascual-Leone
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amedi
authors.forename: Lotfi B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Merabet
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fregni
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wrase
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schlagenhauf
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinz
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schlaug
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Northoff
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D013694:Temperament