The influence of menstrual cycle and androstadienone on female stress reactions: an fMRI study.

The influence of menstrual cycle and androstadienone on female stress reactions: an fMRI study.

Communicating threats and stress via biological signaling is common in animals. In humans, androstadienone (ANDR), a synthetic male steroid, is a socially relevant chemosignal exhibited to increase positive mood and cortisol levels specifically in (periovulatory) females in positively arousing conte...

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Main Authors: Ka Chun eChung, Felix ePeisen, Lydia eKogler, Sina eRadke, Bruce eTuretsky, Jessica eFreiherr, Birgit eDerntl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Menstrual Cycle
cortisol
stress
social threat
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00044/full

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