5-HTTLPR polymorphism modulates neural mechanisms of negative self-reflection

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2421-2429

  Ma, Yina ^a   Li, Bingfeng ^a,b   Wang, Chenbo ^a   Shi, Zhenhao ^a   Sun, Yun ^a,b   Sheng, Feng ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^a   Zhang, Wenxia ^a,b   Rao, Yi ^a,b   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Anterior cingulate; Anterior insula; FMRI; Negative self schema

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; OXYGEN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FRIEND; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE SELF REFLECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF CONCEPT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; THINKING; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELF CONCEPT; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906988149     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht099     Document Type: Article

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