Neural mechanisms underlying changes in stress-sensitivity across the menstrual cycle

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Ossewaarde, Lindsey ^a   Hermans, Erno J ^a,b   van Wingen, Guido A ^a,b   Kooijman, Sabine C ^a   Johansson, Inga Maj ^c   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^c   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Umea Neurosteroid Research Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Amygdala; fMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Menstrual cycle; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANOLONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849110249     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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