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Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome.

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Meyer-Lindenberg, A; Hariri, AR; Munoz, KE; Mervis, CB; Mattay, VS; Morris, CA; Berman, KF
Published in: Nature neuroscience
August 2005

Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), caused by a microdeletion of approximately 21 genes on chromosome 7q11.23, is characterized by unique hypersociability combined with increased non-social anxiety. Using functional neuroimaging, we found reduced amygdala activation in individuals with WBS for threatening faces but increased activation for threatening scenes, relative to matched normal controls. Activation and interactions of prefrontal regions linked to amygdala, especially orbitofrontal cortex, were abnormal, suggesting a genetically controlled neural circuitry for regulating human social behavior.

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Nature neuroscience

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1546-1726

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1097-6256

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

8

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8

Start / End Page

991 / 993

Related Subject Headings

  • Williams Syndrome
  • Social Behavior
  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Cognition
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Brain Mapping
 

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Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Hariri, A. R., Munoz, K. E., Mervis, C. B., Mattay, V. S., Morris, C. A., & Berman, K. F. (2005). Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome. Nature Neuroscience, 8(8), 991–993. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1494
Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, Ahmad R. Hariri, Karen E. Munoz, Carolyn B. Mervis, Venkata S. Mattay, Colleen A. Morris, and Karen Faith Berman. “Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome.Nature Neuroscience 8, no. 8 (August 2005): 991–93. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1494.
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hariri AR, Munoz KE, Mervis CB, Mattay VS, Morris CA, et al. Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome. Nature neuroscience. 2005 Aug;8(8):991–3.
Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, et al. “Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome.Nature Neuroscience, vol. 8, no. 8, Aug. 2005, pp. 991–93. Epmc, doi:10.1038/nn1494.
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hariri AR, Munoz KE, Mervis CB, Mattay VS, Morris CA, Berman KF. Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome. Nature neuroscience. 2005 Aug;8(8):991–993.

Published In

Nature neuroscience

DOI

EISSN

1546-1726

ISSN

1097-6256

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

8

Issue

8

Start / End Page

991 / 993

Related Subject Headings

  • Williams Syndrome
  • Social Behavior
  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Cognition
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Brain Mapping