Association between the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) gene and autism in a family-based study: Mediation by socialization skills

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 488-494

  Yirmiya, N ^a   Rosenberg, C ^a   Levi, S ^b   Salomon, S ^a   Shulman, C ^a   Nemanov, L ^c   Dina, C ^d   Ebstein, R P ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1a); Autism; Candidate gene; Polymorphism; Social adjustment; Transmission disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCALE GENERIC; AVPR1A GENE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIALIZATION; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646343746     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001812     Document Type: Article

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