- Universität Zürich > Philosophische Fakultät > Psychologisches Institut > Klinische Psychologie und Psychobiologie > Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs
- Heinrichs Nathan
Completed Research Project
- Title / Titel
- Effects of intranasal oxytocin on amygdala response to fear in social anxiety disorder
- Summary / Zusammenfassung
- Weitere Informationen
- Publications / Publikationen
- Heinrichs, M. & Domes, G. (2008). Neuropeptides and social behavior: Effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humans. Progress in Brain Research, in press.Domes, G., Heinrichs, M., Gläscher, J., Büchel, C., Braus, D. F. & Herpertz, S. C. (2007). Oxytocin attenuates amygdala responses to emotional faces regardless of valence. Biological Psychiatry, 62, 1187-1190.Fitzgerald, D. A., Angstadt, M., Jelsone, L. M., Nathan, P. J. & Phan, K. L. (2006). Beyond threat: amygdala reactivity across multiple expressions of facial affect. Neuroimage, 30, 1441-1448.Phan, K. L., Fitzgerald, D. A., Nathan, P. J., & Tancer, M. E. (2006). Association between amygdala hyperactivity to harsh faces and severity of social anxiety in generalized social phobia. Biological Psychiatry, 59, 424-429.
- Keywords / Suchbegriffe
- Social phobia, anxiety disorder, fear, oxytocin, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), amygdala
- Project Leadership and Contacts /
Projektleitung und Kontakte Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (Project Leader) m.heinrichs@psychologie.uzh.ch Prof. Dr. Pradeep J. Nathan (Project Leader) pn254@cam.ac.uk Izelle Labuschagne, M.Sc.
- Funding Source(s) /
Unterstützt durch - Others
Amount granted by the Mental Health Research Association (NARSAD) (to M.H. and P.J.N.): USD 100'000
- In Collaboration with /
In Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Dr. K. Luan Phan (Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago) United States
- Duration of Project / Projektdauer
- Sep 2007 to Aug 2009