Variation at the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) influences attachment behavior in infant primates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5277-5281

  Barr, Christina S ^a   Schwandt, Melanie L ^a   Lindell, Stephen G ^a   Higley, J Dee ^b   Maestripieri, Dario ^c   Goldman, David ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^d   Heilig, Markus ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

A118G; C77G; Genetic; Mother infant bond; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPRM1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 42449112863     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710225105     Document Type: Article

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