Gamma-hydroxybutyrate enhances mood and prosocial behavior without affecting plasma oxytocin and testosterone

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Bosch, Oliver G ^a   Eisenegger, Christoph ^b   Gertsch, Jürg ^c   von Rotz, Robin ^a   Dornbierer, Dario ^a   Gachet, M Salomé ^c   Heinrichs, Markus ^d   Wetter, Thomas C ^e   Seifritz, Erich ^a   Quednow, Boris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Club drug; Fairness; Gamma hydroxybutyric acid; Rape drug; Sodium oxybate

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYBATE SODIUM; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; 4-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHARITY DONATION TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EUPHORIA; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPROCITY TASK; RESPONSE TIME; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL VALUE ORIENTATION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AFFECT; ALDOSTERONE; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947436032     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.07.167     Document Type: Article

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