Amygdala reactivity to negative stimuli is influenced by oral contraceptive use

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1266-1272

  Petersen, Nicole ^a,b   Cahill, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotional memory; FMRI; Menstrual phase; Oral contraceptive pills

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941270682     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv010     Document Type: Article

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