Human neuroimaging of oxytocin and vasopressin in social cognition

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-409

  Zink, Caroline F ^a   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Human; Imaging genetics; Neuroimaging; Oxytocin; Pharmacological fMRI; Social cognition; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AUTISM; AVPR1A GENE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INSULA; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR GENE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEMPERAMENT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COGNITION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84858680016     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.016     Document Type: Review

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