Acute pharmacologically induced shifts in serotonin availability abolish emotion-selective responses to negative face emotions in distinct brain networks

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 368-378

  Grady, Cheryl L ^a,b,c   Siebner, Hartwig R ^b,c,e   Hornboll, Bettina ^b,c   Macoveanu, Julian ^b,c   Paulson, Olaf B ^b,c,d,e   Knudsen, Gitte M ^b,d,e  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Centre for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging (CIMBI)   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain; Emotion; FMRI; Prefrontal cortex; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BRAIN; CITALOPRAM; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883859171     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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