Endogenous cortisol is associated with functional connectivity between the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1039-1047

  Veer, Ilya M ^a,b   Oei, Nicole Y L ^a,b   Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a,b   Elzinga, Bernet M ^a   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; BA10; Cortisol; Functional connectivity; Perigenual ACC; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; STRESS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SALIVA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861197091     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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