Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) influences trait anxiety by modulating the functional connectivity between the amygdala and insula in Han Chinese males

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2732-2742

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Liu, Ling ^a   Li, Xueting ^a   Song, Yiying ^a   Liu, Jia ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Amygdala; Anxiety; Resting state functional connectivity

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HAN CHINESE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CHINA; CONNECTOME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHINA; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931956243     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22803     Document Type: Article

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