Early life stress modulates oxytocin effects on limbic system during acute psychosocial stress

Simone Grimm1, Karin Pestke2, Melanie Feeser2

  • 1Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universitaet Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Berlin, 14050 Berlin, Germany, Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universitaet Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Clinic for Affective Disorders and General Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders and the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, China, Douglas Mental Health Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada, and University of Zurich, Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universitaet Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Berlin, 14050 Berlin, Germany, Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universitaet Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Clinic for Affective Disorders and General Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders and the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, China, Douglas Mental Health Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada, and University of Zurich, Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universitaet Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Berlin, 14050 Berlin, Germany, Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universitaet Berlin, 14195 Ber

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