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Individual differences in amygdala-medial prefrontal anatomy link negative affect, impaired social functioning, and polygenic depression risk.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 12 Dec 2012
Holmes Avram J, Lee Phil H, Hollinshead Marisa O, Bakst Leah, Roffman Joshua L, Smoller Jordan W, Buckner Randy L
Abstract excerpt
Individual differences in affective and social processes may arise from variability in amygdala-medial prefrontal (mPFC) circuitry and related genetic heterogeneity. To explore this possibility in humans, we examined the structural correlates of trait negative affect in a sample of 1050 healthy young adults with no history of psychiatric illness. Analyses revealed that heightened negative affect was associated...
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