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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Factor-analytic approaches to human personality have consistently identified several core personality traits, such as Extraversion/Introversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Consciousness, and Openness. There is an increasing recognition that certain personality traits may render individuals vulnerable to psychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorders and depression. Our purpose in this study was to explore correlates between the personality dimensions neuroticism and extraversion as assessed by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and resting regional cerebral glucose metabolism (rCMRglu) in healthy control subjects. Based on the anxiety and depression literatures, we predicted correlations with a network of brain structures, including ventral and medial prefrontal cortex (encompassing anterior cingulate cortex and orbitofrontal cortex), insular cortex, anterior temporal pole, ventral striatum, and the amygdala. Twenty healthy women completed an (18F)FDG (18F-fluorodeoxyglucose) positron emission tomography (PET) scan at rest and the NEO-FFI inventory. We investigated correlations between scores on NEO-FFI Neuroticism and Extraversion and rCMRglu using statistical parametric mapping (SPM99). Within a priori search territories, we found significant negative correlations between Neuroticism and rCMRglu in the insular cortex and positive correlations between Extraversion and rCMRglu in the orbitofrontal cortex. No significant correlations were found involving anterior cingulate, amygdala, or ventral striatum. Neuroticism and Extraversion are associated with activity in insular cortex and orbitofrontal cortex, respectively.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1091-4269
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
133-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Energy Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Extraversion (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Frontal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Neurotic Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Occipital Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Positron-Emission Tomography, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Psychometrics, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:16470804-Temporal Lobe
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Regional cerebral brain metabolism correlates of neuroticism and extraversion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. tdeckersbach@partners.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article