Function and structure in social brain regions can link oxytocin-receptor genes with autistic social behavior

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-118

  Yamasue, Hidenori ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperger disorder; Functional MRI; Imaging genetics; Neuropeptide; Pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DIACYLGLYCEROL; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AFFECT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASIAN; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 3P; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JAPANESE; KOREA; LONELINESS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872415810     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.08.010     Document Type: Review

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