Intranasal oxytocin modulates EEG mu/alpha and beta rhythms during perception of biological motion

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1446-1453

  Perry, Anat ^a   Bentin, Shlomo ^a   Shalev, Idan ^a   Israel, Salomon ^a   Uzefovsky, Florina ^a   Bar On, Dori ^a   Ebstein, Richard P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythms; Biological motion; EEG; Mu rhythms; Oxytocin; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NERVE CELL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OXYTOCIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650175989     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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