Vasopressin modulates neural responses related to emotional stimuli in the right amygdala

Brain Research

Volumn 1499, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-42

  Brunnlieb, Claudia ^a,b   Münte, Thomas F ^a   Tempelmann, Claus ^b   Heldmann, Marcus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; AVP; Empathy; FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Mentalizing; Social cognition; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VASOPRESSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873722537     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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