Neurofunctional maps of the 'maternal brain' and the effects of oxytocin: A multimodal voxel-based meta-analysis

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 733-751

  Rocchetti, Matteo ^a,b   Radua, Joaquim ^a,c   Paloyelis, Yannis ^a   Xenaki, Lida Alkisti ^a   Frascarelli, Marianna ^a   Caverzasi, Edgardo ^b   Politi, Pierluigi ^b   Fusar Poli, Paolo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotion; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Meta analysis; Neuroimaging; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DATA BASE; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; META ANALYSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; THALAMUS; THEORY OF MIND; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84907957249     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12185     Document Type: Review

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