Oxytocin facilitates the sensation of social stress

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4741-4750

  Eckstein, Monika ^a   Scheele, Dirk ^a   Weber, Kristina ^a   Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a,b   Hurlemann, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Oxytocin; Social; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SALIVA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904506331     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22508     Document Type: Article

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