Are genetic variations in OXTR, AVPR1A, and CD38 genes important to social integration? Results from two large U.S. cohorts

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 257-268

  Chang, Shun Chiao ^a   Glymour, M Maria ^a   Rewak, Marissa ^a   Cornelis, Marilyn C ^b   Walter, Stefan ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Liang, Liming ^c   Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J ^c   Kubzansky, Laura D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AVPR1A; Candidate gene; CD38; OXTR; Sex specific; Social integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVPR1A GENE; CD38 GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXTR GENE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; ALLELE; BERKMAN-SYME SOCIAL NETWORK INDEX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MARRIAGE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVPR1A; CANDIDATE GENE; CD38; OXTR; SEX-SPECIFIC; SOCIAL INTEGRATION;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD3; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84888034555     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

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