Corticosteroid induced decoupling of the amygdala in men

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2336-2345

  Henckens, Marloes J A G ^a,b   Van Wingen, Guido A ^a,c,d   Joëls, Marian ^b   Fernández, Guillén ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amygdala; corticosteroids; fMRI; functional connectivity; resting state

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AMYGDALA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866106330     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr313     Document Type: Article

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