Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9377589 | Biological Psychiatry | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
These data provide the first direct evidence for fear-reducing properties of testosterone in humans. Furthermore, by dissociating specific aspects of fear and anxiety in humans, this outcome highlights that testosterone's effects on motivation and emotion concern the subcortical affective pathways of the brain.
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Authors
Jack van Honk, Jiska S. Peper, Dennis J.L.G. Schutter,