Evidence of an IFN-γ by early life stress interaction in the regulation of amygdala reactivity to emotional stimuli

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-173

  Redlich, Ronny ^a   Stacey, David ^b   Opel, Nils ^a   Grotegerd, Dominik ^a   Dohm, Katharina ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Arolt, Volker ^a   Baune, Bernhard T ^b   Dannlowski, Udo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Childhood maltreatment; Emotion processing; Fmri; Inflammation; Interferon gamma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IFN GAMMA GENE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALLELES; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947431111     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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