Vasopressin modulates neural responses during human reactive aggression

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-164

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Double blind; fMRI; General aggression model; Superior temporal cortex; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874194200     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.763654     Document Type: Article

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