Endogenous testosterone and cortisol modulate neural responses during induced anger control

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-177

  Denson, Thomas F ^a   Ronay, Richard ^b   von Hippel, William ^c   Schira, Mark M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anger; Anger control; Cortisol; Prefrontal cortex; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANGER; BRAIN STEM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TESTOSTERONE; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874181085     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.655425     Document Type: Article

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