Oxytocin and vasopressin modulation of the neural correlates of motivation and emotion: Results from functional MRI studies in awake rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1580, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-21

  Febo, Marcelo ^a   Ferris, Craig F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Aggression; Aggressive behavior; Anxiety; Autism; Awake rat imaging; BOLD fMRI; Fear; Functional MRI; Maternal attachment; Maternal rat; Oxytocin; Rat; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTIVATION; OXYTOCIN; RATS; VASOPRESSINS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84907694712     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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