5-HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism and neuroticism are linked by resting state functional connectivity of amygdala and fusiform gyrus

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2373-2385

  Kruschwitz, J D ^a,b   Walter, M ^d,f   Varikuti, D ^d   Jensen, J ^e   Plichta, M M ^c   Haddad, L ^c   Grimm, O ^c   Mohnke, S ^a   Pohland L ^a   Schott, B ^a   Wold, A ^a   Muhleisen T W ^g,h,i   Heinz, A ^a   Erk, S ^a   Romanczuk Seiferth, N ^a   Witt, S H ^c   Nothen M M ^h,i   Rietschel, M ^c   Meyer Lindenberg, A ^c   Walter, H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^e KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^h Life and Brain Center   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR rs25531; Amygdala; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Neuroticism; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REST; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REST; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933183275     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0782-0     Document Type: Article

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