Influence of the BDNF genotype on amygdalo-prefrontal white matter microstructure is linked to nonconscious attention bias to threat

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2249-2257

  Carlson, Joshua M ^a   Cha, Jiook ^a   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^b   Mujica Parodi, Lilianne R ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate; Dot probe; DTI; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR GENE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATTENTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906971537     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht089     Document Type: Article

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