Genetic loading on human loving styles

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 815-821

  Emanuele, Enzo ^a   Brondino, Natascia ^a   Pesenti, Sara ^a   Re, Simona ^a   Geroldi, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; Humans; Neurotransmitters; Romantic love

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; LOVE ATTITUDES SCALE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 37849014403     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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