It still hurts: Altered endogenous opioid activity in the brain during social rejection and acceptance in major depressive disorder

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-200

  Hsu, D T ^a,b   Sanford, B J ^b   Meyers, K K ^c   Love, T M ^b   Hazlett, K E ^d   Walker, S J ^e   Mickey, B J ^b   Koeppe, R A ^f   Langenecker, S A ^g   Zubieta, J K ^b,f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Marquette University   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARFENTANIL C 11; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; CARFENTANIL; FENTANYL; HYDROCORTISONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLEASURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REWARD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL REJECTION; STRESS; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BINDING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL FACILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938547662     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.185     Document Type: Article

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