Oxytocin and the salience of social cues

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9033-9034

  Averbeck, Bruno B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

AUTISM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CUES; EMOTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952735963     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004892107     Document Type: Note

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