Perigenual anterior cingulate morphology covaries with perceived social standing

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-173

  Gianaros, Peter J ^a   Horenstein, Jeffrey A ^b   Cohen, Sheldon ^b   Matthews, Karen A ^a   Brown, Sarah M ^a   Flory, Janine D ^c   Critchley, Hugo D ^d   Manuck, Stephen B ^a   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Gray matter volume; Socioeconomic status; Stress; Subjective social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548654083     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsm013     Document Type: Article

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