Oxytocin facilitates protective responses to aversive social stimuli in males

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) can enhance the impact of positive social cues but may reduce that of negative ones by inhibiting amygdala activation, although it is unclear whether the latter causes blunted emotional and mnemonic responses. In two independent double-blind placebo-controlled experim...

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Main Authors: Striepens, Nadine, Scheele, Dirk, Kendrick, Keith M., Becker, Benjamin, Schäfer, Lea, Schwalba, Knut, Reul, Jürgen, Maier, Wolfgang, Hurlemann, René
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2012
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497762/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23074247
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1208852109
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