BDNF Val66Met genotype modulates the effect of childhood adversity on subgenual anterior cingulate cortex volume in healthy subjects

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 597-603

  Gerritsen, L ^a,b   Tendolkar, I ^a,b   Franke, B ^a,b   Vasquez, A A ^a,b   Kooijman, S ^a   Buitelaar, J ^a,b   Fernandez G ^a,b   Rijpkema, M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; brain derived neurotrophic factor; childhood adversities; imaging genetics; mood disorders; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861459607     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.51     Document Type: Article

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