Association between arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) promoter region polymorphisms and prepulse inhibition

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 901-908

  Levin, Raz ^a,b   Heresco Levy, Uriel ^b,c   Bachner Melman, Rachel ^c   Israel, Salomon ^a   Shalev, Idan ^a,b   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a); Genetic association; Microsatellites (RS1 RS3); Prepulse inhibition (PPI); Social cognition; Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349103809     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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