Toward a mechanistic understanding of how variability in neurobiology shapes individual differences in behavior

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 361-393

  Bogdan, Ryan ^a   Carré, Justin M ^a,b   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Neurogenetics; Reward; Stress; Striatum; Threat

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; RIMONABANT; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STRESS; THREAT; VENTRAL STRIATUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; INDIVIDUALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; REWARD; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872149066     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_182     Document Type: Article

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