Neurogenetic effects of OXTR rs2254298 in the extended limbic system of healthy caucasian adults

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Tost, Heike ^a,b   Kolachana, Bhaskar ^a   Verchinski, Beth A ^a   Bilek, Edda ^b   Goldman, Aaron L ^a   Mattay, Venkata S ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AMYGDALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 80053967045     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.06.034     Document Type: Letter

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