Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Inflammation and Reward Sensitivity: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Endotoxin

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 619-626

  Moieni, Mona ^a   Tan, Kevin M ^a   Inagaki, Tristen K ^b   Muscatell, Keely A ^d,e   Dutcher, Janine M ^c   Jevtic, Ivana ^a   Breen, Elizabeth C ^a   Irwin, Michael R ^a   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Depression; Endotoxin; Inflammation; Reward; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; PLACEBO; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTRAL STRIATUM; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REWARD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTRAL STRIATUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85067875894     PISSN: 24519022     EISSN: 24519030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.03.010     Document Type: Article

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