Using novel control groups to dissect the amygdala's role in Williams syndrome

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-304

  Thornton Wells, Tricia A ^a   Avery, Suzanne N ^b   Blackford, Jennifer Urbano ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; fMRI; Inhibited temperament; Sociability; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERAMENT; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPERAMENT; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958063140     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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