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A phenotype of early infancy predicts reactivity of the amygdala in male adults.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Oct 2012
Schwartz C E, Kunwar P S, Greve D N, Kagan J, Snidman N C, Bloch R B
Abstract excerpt
One of the central questions that has occupied those disciplines concerned with human development is the nature of continuities and discontinuities from birth to maturity. The amygdala has a central role in the processing of novelty and emotion in the brain. Although there is considerable variability among individuals in the reactivity of the amygdala to novel and emotional stimuli, the origin of these individual...
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