Individual differences in trait anxiety are associated with white matter tract integrity in the left temporal lobe in healthy males but not females

Neuroscience

Volumn 217, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-83

  Montag, C ^a   Reuter, M ^a   Weber, B ^a   Markett, S ^a   Schoene Bake, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral Inhibition System; Diffusion tensor imaging; Harm avoidance; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERSONALITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84862692476     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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