Multimodal frontostriatal connectivity underlies individual differences in self-esteem

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 364-370

  Chavez, Robert S ^a   Heatherton, Todd F ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Medial prefrontal cortex; Self esteem; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VENTRAL STRIATUM; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; VENTRAL STRIATUM; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904097443     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu063     Document Type: Article

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