Dopamine in the medial amygdala network mediates human bonding

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2361-2366

  Atzil, Shir ^a   Touroutoglou, Alexandra ^a   Rudy, Tali ^a,b   Salcedo, Stephanie ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^c,d   Hooker, Jacob M ^a   Dickerson, Bradford C ^a   Catana, Ciprian ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Humans; Maternal behavior; Network connectivity; Social affiliation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; CARBON; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; RACLOPRIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CONNECTOME; CORTICOMEDIAL AMYGDALA; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

ADULT; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONNECTOME; CORTICOMEDIAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RACLOPRIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REWARD;

EID: 85014263738     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1612233114     Document Type: Article

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