Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1132-1139

  Haas, Brian W ^a   Mills, Debra ^b   Yam, Anna ^c   Hoeft, Fumiko ^a   Bellugi, Ursula ^c   Reiss, Allan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotions; ERP; fMRI; Genetics; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649118435     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5324-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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