Neural mechanisms underlying 5-HTTLPR-related sensitivity to acute stress

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Drabant, Emily M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ramel, Wiveka ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Edge, Michael D ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hyde, Luke W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kuo, Janice R ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Goldin, Philippe R ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Gross, James J ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HTTLPR GENE; ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INSULA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84860308025     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10111699     Document Type: Article

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