Off-label intranasal oxytocin use in adults is associated with increased amygdala-cingulate resting-state connectivity

European Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 542-547

  Kovacs B ^a   Keri S ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

"Theory of mind"; Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Oxytocin; Social function

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH TOOLBOX ADULT SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORY OF MIND; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINGULATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECTS; HUNGARY; INTERNET; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REST;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYTOCIN; REST;

EID: 84930872163     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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