Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) does not play a major role in the aetiology of autism: Genetic and molecular studies

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 474, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-167

  Tansey, Katherine E ^a   Brookes, Keeley J ^b   Hill, Matthew J ^a   Cochrane, Lynne E ^a   Gill, Michael ^a   Skuse, David ^c   Correia, Catarina ^d,e,f   Vicente, Astrid ^d,e,f   Kent, Lindsey ^b   Gallagher, Louise ^a   Anney, Richard J L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allelic expression imbalance; Autism; Cis Acting variation; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELIC IMBALANCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRELAND; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 77951499698     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.035     Document Type: Article

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