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@ARTICLE{Kogler:1017493,
author = {Kogler, Lydia and Müller, Veronika I. and Moser, Ewald and
Windischberger, Christian and Gur, Ruben C. and Habel, Ute
and Eickhoff, Simon B. and Derntl, Birgit},
title = {{T}estosterone and the {A}mygdala’s {F}unctional
{C}onnectivity in {W}omen and {M}en},
journal = {Journal of Clinical Medicine},
volume = {12},
number = {20},
issn = {2077-0383},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-04153},
pages = {6501 -},
year = {2023},
note = {This study was funded by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; DE2319/2-4, DE2319/6-1,
DE2319/9-1, HA 3202/18-1, IRTG 2804, EI 816/4-1 [SBE]; EI
816/6-1 [SBE]; LA 3071/3-1 [SBE]), the Medical Faculty,
University of Tuebingen (fortune 2393-0-0 [LK]) the National
Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH074457) (SBE) and
R01-MH119219 (RCG), the European EFT program (Human Brain
Project) (SBE) and the Austrian Science Foundation (Project
FWF P-23533).},
abstract = {The amygdala contains androgen receptors and is involved in
various affective and social functions. An interaction
between testosterone and the amygdala’s functioning is
likely. We investigated the amygdala’s resting-state
functional connectivity (rsFC) network in association with
testosterone in 94 healthy young adult women and men (final
data available for analysis from 42 women and 39 men).
Across the whole sample, testosterone was positively
associated with the rsFC between the right amygdala and the
right middle occipital gyrus, and it further predicted lower
agreeableness scores. Significant sex differences appeared
for testosterone and the functional connectivity between the
right amygdala and the right superior frontal gyrus (SFG),
showing higher testosterone levels with lower connectivity
in women. Sex further predicted the openness and
agreeableness scores. Our results show that testosterone
modulates the rsFC between brain areas involved in affective
processing and executive functions. The data indicate that
the cognitive control of the amygdala via the frontal cortex
is dependent on the testosterone levels in a sex-specific
manner. Testosterone seems to express sex-specific patterns
(1) in networks processing affect and cognition, and (2) in
the frontal down-regulation of the amygdala. The
sex-specific coupling between the amygdala and the frontal
cortex in interaction with the hormone levels may drive
sex-specific differences in a variety of behavioral
phenomena that are further associated with psychiatric
illnesses that show sex-specific prevalence rates.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
(POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {37892639},
UT = {WOS:001093747600001},
doi = {10.3390/jcm12206501},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1017493},
}