Rewards of beauty: the opioid system mediates social motivation in humans

Mol Psychiatry. 2014 Jul;19(7):746-7. doi: 10.1038/mp.2014.1. Epub 2014 Feb 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / pharmacology
  • Beauty*
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Face
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Morphine / pharmacology
  • Motivation / drug effects
  • Motivation / physiology*
  • Naltrexone / pharmacology
  • Narcotic Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Receptors, Opioid, mu / agonists
  • Receptors, Opioid, mu / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptors, Opioid, mu / physiology*
  • Reward*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Receptors, Opioid, mu
  • Naltrexone
  • Morphine