Aversive stimuli lead to differential amygdala activation and connectivity patterns depending on catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1712-1719

  Rasch, B ^a,b,c,d   Spalek, K ^a,b   Buholzer, S ^a,b   Luechinger, R ^e   Boesiger, P ^e   de Quervain, D J F ^a,c,d   Papassotiropoulos, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective processing; Amygdala; COMT; FMRI; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954956939     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.054     Document Type: Article

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