Oral contraceptives may alter the detection of emotions in facial expressions

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1855-1859

  Hamstra, Danielle A ^a   De Rover, Mischa ^a   De Rijk, Roel H ^a,b   Van der Does, Willem ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DynaCorts Therapeutics   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Estrogen; Oral contraceptives; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SADNESS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECTS; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84918519077     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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