A systematic review of 38 fMRI studies suggests that oxytocin modulates brain activity during facial expression processing in both sexes, in a sex-dependent manner, particularly in the amygdala.
In plain wordsA review of 38 brain imaging studies suggests oxytocin changes brain activity when people read facial emotions, differently in men and women.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- MixedBrain activity during facial expression processing
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
Source sentences
Results suggest that oxytocin, testosterone and progesterone modulate brain activity during facial expression processing in both sexes -and in a sex-dependent manner for oxytocin-, particularly in the amygdala.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 38 articles were included in this systematic review.
Included studies assessed the influence of endogenous or exogenous oxytocin and sex hormones on brain activity using fMRI during a task involving facial expressions of emotion in healthy adult males and females (pre-menopausal aged >18 yr).
In this study, Oxytocin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Oxytocin.