Human serotonin transporter availability predicts fear conditioning

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 515-519

  Åhs, Fredrik ^a,b   Frick, Andreas ^a   Furmark, Tomas ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 HTT; Amygdala; Anterior cingulate; Anxiety disorders; DASB; Insula; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 4 (2 DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYLPHENYLSULFANYL)BENZONITRILE C 11; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; N,N-DIMETHYL-2-(2-AMINO-4-CYANOPHENYLTHIO)BENZYLAMINE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; BRAIN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BENZYLAMINES; BRAIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949532661     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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