Human maternal behaviour is associated with arginine vasopressin receptor 1A gene

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 894-896

  Avinun, Reut ^a   Ebstein, Richard P ^b   Knafo, Ariel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A; Control; Maternal behaviour; Structuring; Warmth

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866635730     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0492     Document Type: Article

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