Sex differences in the neural and behavioral response to intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin during human social interaction

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 237-248

  Rilling, James K ^a,b   DeMarco, Ashley C ^c   Hackett, Patrick D ^a   Chen, Xu ^a,b   Gautam, Pritam ^a   Stair, Sabrina ^b   Haroon, Ebrahim ^b   Thompson, Richmond ^d   Ditzen, Beate ^a,b,e   Patel, Rajan ^a   Pagnoni, Giuseppe ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooperation; FMRI; Oxytocin; Sex differences; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL;

COOPERATION; FMRI; OXYTOCIN; SEX DIFFERENCES; VASOPRESSIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888021826     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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