Amygdala responses to emotional faces in twins discordant or concordant for the risk for anxiety and depression

NeuroImage

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-552

  Wolfensberger, Saskia P A ^a,c   Veltman, Dick J ^a,c   Hoogendijk, Witte J G ^a,c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b,c   de Geus, Eco J C ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Depression; Faces; fMRI; Twins

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 44149116725     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.01.053     Document Type: Article

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