Individual differences in allocation of funds in the dictator game associated with length of the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor RS3 promoter region and correlation between RS3 length and hippocampal mRNA

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Knafo, A ^a   Israel, S ^a   Darvasi, A ^a   Bachner Melman, R ^a   Uzefovsky, F ^a   Cohen, L ^a   Feldman, E ^a   Lerer, E ^a   Laiba, E ^a   Raz, Y ^a   Nemanov, L ^b   Gritsenko, I ^b   Dina, C ^c   Agam, G ^d,e   Dean, B ^f   Bornstein, G ^a   Ebstein, R P ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c Institut Pasteur de Lille   (France)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^f FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Decision making; Dictator group; Microsatellite; Neuroeconomics; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ARGININE VASOPRESSIN 1A RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CAPITAL FINANCING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 41749084824     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2007.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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