Oxytocin affects spontaneous neural oscillations in trauma-exposed war veterans

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUNE, 2015, Pages

  Eidelman Rothman, Moranne ^a   Goldstein, Abraham ^a   Levy, Jonathan ^a   Weisman, Omri ^a   Schneiderman, Inna ^a   Mankuta, David ^b   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC); MEG; Oxytocin; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LEFT DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; OSCILLATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VETERAN; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936952521     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00165     Document Type: Article

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