The association between the 5-HTTLPR and neural correlates of fear conditioning and connectivity

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 700-707

  Klucken, Tim ^a   Schweckendiek, Jan ^a   Blecker, Carlo ^a   Walter, Bertram ^a   Kuepper, Yvonne ^a   Hennig, Juergen ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR genotype; Amygdala; Classical conditioning; Emotion; Fear

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLELES; AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERFORANT PATHWAY; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964698130     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu108     Document Type: Article

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