Variation in serotonin transporter expression modulates fear-evoked hemodynamic responses and theta-frequency neuronal oscillations in the amygdala

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 901-908

  Barkus, Christopher ^a   Line, Samantha J ^a   Huber, Anna ^a   Capitao, Liliana ^a   Lima, Joao ^a   Jennings, Katie ^a   Lowry, John ^b   Sharp, Trevor ^a   Bannerman, David M ^a   Mchugh, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

amygdala; fear; fMRI; serotonin transporter; theta oscillations; tissue oxygen

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THETA RHYTHM; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; OXYGEN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84900813000     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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