Infant genotype may moderate sensitivity to maternal affective communications: Attachment disorganization, quality of care, and the DRD4 polymorphism

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 307-319

  Gervai, Judit ^a   Novak, Alexa ^a   Lakatos, Krisztina ^a   Toth, Ildiko ^a   Danis, Ildiko ^a   Ronai, Zsolt ^b   Nemoda, Zsofia ^b   Sasvari Szekely, Maria ^b   Bureau, Jean Francois ^c   Bronfman, Elisa ^c   Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4;

EID: 34547605355     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910701391893     Document Type: Article

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