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Heritable influences on amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex contribute to genetic variation in core dimensions of personality.
NeuroImage - 1 Dec 2014
Lewis G J, Panizzon M S, Eyler L, Fennema-Notestine C, Chen C-H, Neale M C, Jernigan T L, Lyons M J, Dale A M, Kremen W S, Franz C E
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While many studies have reported that individual differences in personality traits are genetically influenced, the neurobiological bases mediating these influences have not yet been well characterized. To advance understanding concerning the pathway from genetic variation to personality, here we examined whether measures of heritable variation in neuroanatomical size in candidate regions (amygdala and medial...
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