Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with pair-bonding and social behavior

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 419-426

  Walum, Hasse ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^c   Reiss, David ^d   Ganiban, Jody M ^e   Spotts, Erica L ^f   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Anckarster, Henrik ^b   Larsson, Henrik ^a   Westberg, Lars ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative behavior; autism; monogamy; neuropeptide; polymorphism; social problems

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 84858754212     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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