The association between cingulate cortex glutamate concentration and delay discounting is mediated by resting state functional connectivity

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 553-562

  Schmaal, Lianne ^a   Goudriaan, Anna E ^a,b   van der Meer, Johan ^c   van den Brink, Wim ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Arkin Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Delay discounting; Glutamate; Impulsive decision making; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84887067412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.74     Document Type: Article

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