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A variant C178T in the regulatory region of the serotonin receptor gene HTR3A modulates neural activation in the human amygdala.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 Jul 2005
Iidaka Tetsuya, Ozaki Norio, Matsumoto Atsushi, Nogawa Junpei, Kinoshita Yoko, Suzuki Tatsuyo, Iwata Nakao, Yamamoto Yukiko, Okada Tomohisa, Sadato Norihiro
Abstract excerpt
Converging evidence in neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies has suggested that the limbic and prefrontal systems play important roles in emotion and cognition. These structures are activated when we see a human face, assuming that we automatically evaluate the biological significance of the stimuli. The serotonin (5-HT) system within the brain has been tied to various behaviors such as mood and anxiety and...
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