Adult attachment style is associated with cerebral μ-opioid receptor availability in humans

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3621-3628

  Nummenmaa, Lauri ^a,b   Manninen, Sandra ^a   Tuominen, Lauri ^a,b   Hirvonen, Jussi ^a   Kalliokoski, Kari K ^a   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a,c   Jääskeläinen, Iiro P ^b   Hari, Riitta ^b   Dunbar, Robin I M ^b,d   Sams, Mikko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Emotion; Neurotransmitters; Opioids; Positron emission tomography; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

CARFENTANIL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; RADIOLIGAND; CARBON; FENTANYL; OPRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PET-CT SCANNER; PET-MRI SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; INDIVIDUALITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCINTISCANNING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939459775     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22866     Document Type: Article

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