Neurophysiological effects of acute oxytocin administration: Systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled imaging studies

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E1-E22

  Wigton, Rebekah ^a   Radua, Jocham ^a,b   Allen, Paul ^a   Averbeck, Bruno ^c   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^d   McGuire, Philip ^a   Sukhi, Shergill ^a   Fusar Poli, Paolo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL TASK; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84920972898     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.130289     Document Type: Article

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