Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
562-06-008 ISMRM Abstract

Endogenous oxytocin release dynamically modulates fMRI connectivity

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Alessandro Gozzi 1, Caterina Montani1, Andrew Hayward1, Giovanni Morelli2, Simone Malerba3, Yongsoo Kim4, Massimo Pasqualetti5, Stefano Panzeri3, Laura Cancedda2, Elizabeth A De Guzman1
1Functional Neuorimaging Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy
2Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy
3University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
4The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
5University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Presenting Author: Alessandro Gozzi

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