Volition diminishes genetically mediated amygdala hyperreactivity

NeuroImage

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 943-951

  Schardt, Dina M ^a   Erk, Susanne ^a   Nüsser, Corinna ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Cichon, Sven ^a   Rietschel, Marcella ^b   Treutlein, Jens ^b   Goschke, Thomas ^c   Walter, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognitive emotion regulation; FMRI; Serotonin transporter; Volition

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956225220     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.11.078     Document Type: Article

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