Testosterone increases amygdala reactivity in middle-aged women to a young adulthood level

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Van Wingen, Guido A ^a,b   Zylicz, Staś A ^a   Pieters, Sara ^a   Mattern, Claudia ^c   Verkes, Robbert Jan ^b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c M et P Pharma AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; fMRI; Mood; Sexual function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; NOSEAFIX; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANGER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149475282     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.2     Document Type: Article

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