Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is related to psychological resources

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 15118-15122

  Saphire Bernstein, Shimon ^a   Way, Baldwin M ^b   Kim, Heejung S ^c   Sherman, David K ^c   Taylor, Shelley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053070030     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113137108     Document Type: Article

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