The effects of oxytocin on social cognition and behaviour in frontotemporal dementia

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2493-2501

  Jesso, Sarah ^a   Morlog, Darlyne ^a   Ross, Sarah ^a   Pell, Marc D ^b   Pasternak, Stephen H ^a,c,d   Mitchell, Derek G V ^c,e   Kertesz, Andrew ^a,c   Finger, Elizabeth C ^a,c,e  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

facial expressions; frontotemporal dementia; oxytocin; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ABNORMAL FECES; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANGER; ANXIETY; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPHORIA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EUPHORIA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HALLUCINATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; HYPOKALEMIA; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL COGNITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 80052926090     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr171     Document Type: Article

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