Oxytocin specifically enhances valence-dependent parasympathetic responses

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Gamer, Matthias ^a   Büchel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Emotion; Facial expression; Heart rate; Oxytocin; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80051965936     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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