Testosterone is inversely related to brain activity during emotional inhibition in schizophrenia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Vercammen, Ans ^a,b,c,e   Skilleter, Ashley J ^a,b,c   Lenroot, Rhoshel ^a,b,c   Catts, Stanley V ^a,b,d   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a,b,c   Weickert, Thomas W ^a,b,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897935200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077496     Document Type: Article

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