Oxytocin receptor gene and depressive symptoms associated with physiological reactivity to infant crying

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-300

  Riem, Madelon M E ^a   Pieper, Suzanne ^a   Out, Dorothée ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Infant crying; Oxytocin receptor gene; Parenting; Physiological reactivity

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TWINS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958812206     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq035     Document Type: Article

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