Age-related effect of serotonin transporter genotype on amygdala and prefrontal cortex function in adolescence

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 646-658

  Wiggins, Jillian Lee ^a   Bedoyan, Jirair K ^b   Carrasco, Melisa ^b   Swartz, Johnna R ^a   Martin, Donna M ^b   Monk, Christopher S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Affect; Connectivity; Development; Emotion; Functional MRI; Imaging genetics

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

5-HTTLPR; AFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MRI; IMAGING GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; AMYGDALA; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84892467731     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22208     Document Type: Article

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