Dopamine modulates reward system activity during subconscious processing of sexual stimuli

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1729-1737

  Oei, Nicole Y L ^a,b   Rombouts, Serge Arb ^a,b   Soeter, Roelof P ^a,b   Van Gerven, Joop M ^c   Both, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR HUMAN DRUG RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

backward masking; dopamine; functional imaging; reward system; sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOPAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MASKING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STIMULUS; SUBCONSCIOUS; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84861182869     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.19     Document Type: Article

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