Differential modulation of activity related to the anticipation of monetary gains and losses across the menstrual cycle

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3519-3526

  Bayer, Janine ^a   Bandurski, Pia ^a   Sommer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estrogen; fMRI; Progesterone; Reward; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODIFIED MONETARY INCENTIVE DELAY TASK; MONETARY GAIN ANTICIPATION; MONETARY LOSS ANTICIPATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUTAMEN; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ESTROGEN; FMRI; PROGESTERONE; REWARD; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTIVATION; PROGESTERONE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887823107     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12347     Document Type: Article

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