Alcohol and aggressive behavior in men-moderating effects of oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 214-221

  Johansson, A ^a   Bergman, H ^a   Corander, J ^a   Waldman, I D ^b   Karrani, N ^a   Salo, B ^a   Jern, P ^a,c   Algars M ^a   Sandnabba, K ^a   Santtila, P ^a   Westberg, L ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Experiment; Gene alcohol interaction; OXTR; Oxytocin; Response Choice Aggression Paradigm

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLS; ALLELES; ETHANOL; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84856338419     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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