The dopaminergic reward system underpins gender differences in social preferences

Nature Human Behaviour

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 819-827

  Soutschek, Alexander ^a   Burke, Christopher J ^a   Raja Beharelle, Anjali ^a   Schreiber, Robert ^a   Weber, Susanna C ^a   Karipidis, Iliana I ^a,b   Ten Velden, Jolien ^a,c   Weber, Bernd ^d,e   Haker, Helene ^a   Kalenscher, Tobias ^f   Tobler, Philippe N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

AMISULPRIDE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; REWARD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041929218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23973374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0226-y     Document Type: Article

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