A developmental shift from positive to negative connectivity in human amygdala-prefrontal circuitry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4584-4593

  Gee, Dylan G ^a   Humphreys, Kathryn L ^a   Flannery, Jessica ^a   Goff, Bonnie ^a   Telzer, Eva H ^a   Shapiro, Mor ^a   Hare, Todd A ^b   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^a   Tottenham, Nim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONNECTOME; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874626852     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3446-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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