A phenotype of early infancy predicts reactivity of the amygdala in male adults

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1042-1050

  Schwartz, C E ^a,b   Kunwar, P S ^a   Greve, D N ^a,b   Kagan, J ^c   Snidman, N C ^d   Bloch, R B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; anxiety; infant; novelty; sex differences; temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866740837     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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