Common oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism and social support interact to reduce stress in humans

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

Volumn 108, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 19937-19942

  Chen, Frances S ^a   Kumsta, Robert ^b   Von Dawans, Bernadette ^a   Monakhov, Mikhail ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^b,c   Heinrichs, Markus ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SALIVA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055179025     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113079108     Document Type: Article

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