HPA axis genetic variation, pubertal status, and sex interact to predict amygdala and hippocampus responses to negative emotional faces in school-age children

NeuroImage

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Pagliaccio, David ^a   Luby, Joan L ^b   Bogdan, Ryan ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^b   Gaffrey, Michael S ^b   Belden, Andrew C ^b   Botteron, Kelly N ^b,c   Harms, Michael P ^b   Barch, Deanna M ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Childhood; Genetics; Hippocampus; Puberty; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRHR1 GENE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FKBP5 GENE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NR3C1 GENE; NR3C2 GENE; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL RECOGNITION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NR3C1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NR3C2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEIN 5;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84921532269     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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