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SUBMITTER: Eckstein M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4748433 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 20150814 4
In human evolution, social group living and Pavlovian fear conditioning have evolved as adaptive mechanisms promoting survival and reproductive success. The evolutionarily conserved hypothalamic peptide oxytocin is a key modulator of human sociality, but its effects on fear conditioning are still elusive. In the present randomized controlled study involving 97 healthy male subjects, we therefore employed functional magnetic resonance imaging and simultaneous skin conductance response (SCR) measu ...[more]