Variation in the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Predicts Brain Region–Specific Expression and Social Attachment

AbstractBackgroundOxytocin (OXT) modulates several aspects of social behavior. Intranasal OXT is a leading candidate for treating social deficits in patients with autism spectrum disorder, and common genetic variants in the human OXTR gene are associated with emotion recognition, relationship qualit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological psychiatry (1969) 2016-07, Vol.80 (2), p.160-169
Hauptverfasser:	King, Lanikea B, Walum, Hasse, Inoue, Kiyoshi, Eyrich, Nicholas W, Young, Larry J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alleles Allelic imbalance Animals Arvicolinae Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder - genetics Behavior, Animal - physiology Individual differences Individuality Nucleus Accumbens - metabolism Object Attachment Polymorphism, Genetic Prairie vole Psychiatric/Mental Health Receptors, Oxytocin - genetics RNA, Messenger Sequence Analysis, DNA Social Behavior Striatum
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