Amygdala volume and social network size in humans

被引：346

作者：

Bickart, Kevin C. ^{[3
]}

Wright, Christopher I. ^{[1
,2
,4
]}

Dautoff, Rebecca J. ^{[1
,2
,4
]}

Dickerson, Bradford C. ^{[1
,2
,4
,5
,6
]}

Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^{[1
,2
,4
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Psychiat Neuroimaging Res Program, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Charlestown, MA USA

[3] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anat & Neurobiol, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[4] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Martinos Ctr Biomed Imaging, Charlestown, MA USA

[5] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02114 USA

[6] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA USA

[7] Northeastern Univ, Dept Psychol, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

NATURE NEUROSCIENCE | 2011年 / 14卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

BRAIN; PRIMATES;

D O I：

10.1038/nn.2724

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

We found that amygdala volume correlates with the size and complexity of social networks in adult humans. An exploratory analysis of subcortical structures did not find strong evidence for similar relationships with any other structure, but there were associations between social network variables and cortical thickness in three cortical areas, two of them with amygdala connectivity. These findings indicate that the amygdala is important in social behavior.

引用

页码：163 / 164

页数：2

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