Amygdala response to negative images in postpartum vs nulliparous women and intranasal oxytocin

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-54

  Rupp, Heather A ^a   James, Thomas W ^b   Ketterson, Ellen D ^b   Sengelaub, Dale R ^b   Ditzen, Beate ^c   Heiman, Julia R ^a,b  

^a Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdale; Arousal; Cortisol; Oxytocin; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMYGDALE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; URINE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYGDALE; AROUSAL; CORTISOL; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891283064     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss100     Document Type: Article

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