Effects of intranasal oxytocin on the neural basis of face processing in autism spectrum disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 164-171

  Domes, Gregor ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a   Kumbier, Ekkehardt ^b   Grossmann, Annette ^b   Hauenstein, Karlheinz ^b   Herpertz, Sabine C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; autism; face processing; fMRI; oxytocin; social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; AUTISM; FACE PROCESSING; FMRI; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880041880     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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