The anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex are associated with avoidance of dental treatment based on prior experience of treatment in healthy adults

BACKGROUND: Fear concerning stressful medical or dental procedures is one of the major factors that distance patients from health care. Fear and avoidance of dental treatments can be shaped by a patient’s prior experience with receiving dental procedures or by imagining the procedures. METHODS: We p...

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Autores principales: Lin, Chia-Shu, Wu, Shih-Yun, Wu, Long-Ting
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26654201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12868-015-0224-9

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