Early life stress modulates oxytocin effects on limbic system during acute psychosocial stress

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1828-1835

  Grimm, Simone ^a,b,c   Pestke, Karin ^a   Feeser, Melanie ^a   Aust, Sabine ^a,b   Weigand, Anne ^a,b   Wang, Jue ^d   Wingenfeld, Katja ^b   Pruessner, Jens C ^e,f   La Marca, Roberto ^g   Böker, Heinz ^c   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^d HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early life stress; Oxytocin; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904767369     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu020     Document Type: Article

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