Preclinical Atherosclerosis Covaries with Individual Differences in Reactivity and Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala
Biological PsychiatryPublished 15 November 2008Open access
Peter J. Gianaros, Ahmad R. Hariri, Lei K. Sheu, Matthew F. Muldoon, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Stephen B. Manuck
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Individual differences in amygdala reactivity and functional connectivity may reflect facets of a novel, systems-level neural phenotype conferring risk for atherosclerosis and CVD.
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Individual differences in amygdala reactivity and functional connectivity may reflect facets of a novel, systems-level neural phenotype conferring risk for atherosclerosis and CVD.
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