Alexithymia and frontal-amygdala functional connectivity in North Korean refugees.

Nambeom KimInkyung ParkYu Jin LeeSehyun JeonSoohyun KimKyung Hwa LeeJuhyun ParkHang-Keun KimAh Reum GwaqJin Yong JunSo Young YooSo Hee LeeSeog Ju Kim

Published in: Psychological medicine (2019)

The present study found that NK refugees exhibited heightened frontal-amygdala connectivity, and that this connectivity was correlated with alexithymia. The present results suggest that increased frontal-amygdala connectivity in refugees may represent frontal down-regulation of the amygdala, which in turn may produce alexithymia.

Keyphrases

functional connectivity
resting state
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fluorescent probe
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