Impact of prosocial neuropeptides on human brain function

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue , 2008, Pages 463-470

  Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

amygdala; anxiety; brain stem; fMRI; imaging genetics

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEAR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47649083963     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00436-6     Document Type: Review

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