Oxytocin increases amygdala reactivity to threatening scenes in females

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1431-1438

  Lischke, Alexander ^a,b   Gamer, Matthias ^c   Berger, Christoph ^b   Grossmann, Annette ^b   Hauenstein, Karlheinz ^b   Heinrichs, Markus ^d   Herpertz, Sabine C ^a   Domes, Gregor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Eye tracking; FMRI; Oxytocin; Social cognition; Threat

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; THREAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84864739688     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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