Brief Communication Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans
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Peter Kirsch,1 Christine Esslinger,1 Qiang Chen,2,4 Daniela Mier,1 Stefanie Lis,1 Sarina Siddhanti,3,4 Harald Gruppe,1 Venkata S. Mattay,2,4 Bernd Gallhofer,1 and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg2,3,4 1Cognitive Neuroscience Group, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig University, D-35385 Giessen, Germany, and 2Neuroimaging Core Facility, 3Unit for Systems Neuroscience in Psychiatry, and 4Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, Genes, Cognition, and Psychosis Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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تاریخ انتشار 2005