Arginine vasopressin and oxytocin modulate human social behavior

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1167, Issue , 2009, Pages 87-102

  Ebstein, Richard P ^a,b   Israel, Salomon ^a   Lerer, Elad ^a   Uzefovsky, Florina ^a   Shalev, Idan ^a   Gritsenko, Inga ^b   Riebold, Mathias ^a,b   Salomon, Shahaf ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Autism; AVPR1a; CD38; Intranasal; OXTR; Oxytocin; Polymorphism; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1A; CD38 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROPHYSIN; NEUROPHYSIN I; NEUROPHYSIN II; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTRUISM; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTION TEST; GAME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; STARTLE REFLEX; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67649635335     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04541.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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