Greater amygdala activity and dorsomedial prefrontal-amygdala coupling are associated with enhanced inflammatory responses to stress

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-53

  Muscatell, Keely A ^a,b   Dedovic, Katarina ^b,c   Slavich, George M ^d   Jarcho, Michael R ^d,e   Breen, Elizabeth C ^d   Bower, Julienne E ^b,d   Irwin, Michael R ^b,d   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; FMRI; IL 6; Inflammation; Medial prefrontal cortex; Neuroimaging; Social rejection; Social stress; Stress

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL REJECTION; SOCIAL STRESS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EMOTION; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BIOMARKERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919442224     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.06.201     Document Type: Article

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