Provisional evidence that the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor gene is associated with musical memory

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-318

  Granot, Roni Y ^a   Frankel, Yoav ^a   Gritsenko, Vladimir ^b   Lerer, Elad ^a   Gritsenko, Inga ^b   Bachner Melman, Rachel ^a   Israel, Salomon ^a   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin 1a receptor gene; Music evolution; Musical memory; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547842809     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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