The serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and the effect of baseline on amygdala response to emotional faces

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 674-680

  von dem Hagen, Elisabeth A H ^a   Passamonti, Luca ^a,b   Nutland, Sarah ^c   Sambrook, Jennifer ^d,e   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Facial expressions; FMRI; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; 5 HTTLPR GENE; BRAIN FUNCTION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOTE; NEUROMODULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952620634     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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