Endogenous testosterone levels are associated with neural activity in men with schizophrenia during facial emotion processing

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 338-346

  Ji, Ellen ^a,b   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a,b,c   Lenroot, Rhoshel ^a,b,c   Catts, Stanley V ^d   Vercammen, Ans ^a,b,c,e   White, Christopher ^f   Gur, Raquel E ^g   Weickert, Thomas W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Schizophrenia Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional face processing; Inferior frontal gyrus; Schizophrenia; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EMOTION PROCESSING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FACIAL RECOGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925454129     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.03.020     Document Type: Article

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