Oxytocin and the social brain: Neural mechanisms and perspectives in human research

Brain Research

Volumn 1580, Issue , 2014, Pages 160-171

  Kanat, Manuela ^a,b   Heinrichs, Markus ^a,b   Domes, Gregor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain activity; Functional imaging; Oxytocin; Social behavior; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CONNECTOME; CRYING; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TRUST; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84907680842     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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