Oxytocin, stress and social behavior: Neurogenetics of the human oxytocin system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Kumsta, Robert ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPATHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRON; MENTAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROGENETICS; OXTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872873282     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.09.004     Document Type: Review

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