Linking variability in brain chemistry and circuit function through multimodal human neuroimaging

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 633-642

  Fisher, P M ^a   Hariri, A R ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; FMRI; Imaging genetics; Multimodal neuroimaging; PET; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IN VIVO STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864137798     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00786.x     Document Type: Review

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