Women with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Have Increased Harm Avoidance and Reduced 5-HT1A Receptor Binding Potential in the Anterior Cingulate and Amygdala

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Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hillert, Lena ^a   Jovanovic, Hristina ^a   Åhs, Fredrik ^b   Savic, Ivanka ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARM AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULA; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STARTLE REFLEX; SWEDISH UNIVERSITIES SCALES OF PERSONALITY; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODORS; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIDINES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A;

EID: 84872765270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054781     Document Type: Article

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