Sexually dimorphic effects of oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) variants on Harm Avoidance

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stankova, Trayana ^a   Eichhammer, Peter ^a   Langguth, Berthold ^a   Sand, Philipp G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oxytocin receptor gene; Personality traits; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878995088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-3-17     Document Type: Article

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