5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala interactions: A genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 828-834

  Pezawas, Lukas ^a   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^a   Drabant, Emily M ^a   Verchinski, Beth A ^a   Munoz, Karen E ^a   Kolachana, Bhaskar S ^a   Egan, Michael F ^a   Mattay, Venkata S ^a   Hariri, Ahmad R ^b   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATROPHY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AMYGDALA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATROPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 22844433107     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1463     Document Type: Article

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