Cortisol awakening response and negative emotionality linked to asymmetry in major limbic fibre bundle architecture

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-72

  Madsen, Kathrine Skak ^a,b,c   Jernigan, Terry L ^a,b,c,d   Iversen, Pernille ^a,b   Frokjaer, Vibe G ^b,e   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^b,f   Knudsen, Gitte M ^b,c,e   Baaré, William F C ^a,b  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; HPA axis; Laterality; MRI; Personality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR LIMBIC FIBER BUNDLE ASYMMETRY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCINATE FASCICULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84857447134     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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