Dopamine system genes associated with parenting in the context of daily hassles

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-410

  Van IJzendoorn, M H ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, M J ^a   Mesman, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Catechol O methyltransferase val158met; Compliance; COMT; Daily hassles; Differential susceptibility; Dopamine; Dopamine D4 receptor gene; Dopaminergic system; DRD4; Mothers; Parenting; Sensitivity; Stress; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 42549141577     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2007.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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