Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism (rs53576) moderates the intergenerational transmission of depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-19

  Thompson, Sarah M ^a   Hammen, Constance ^a   Starr, Lisa R ^b   Najman, Jake M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Intergenerational transmission of depression; Maternal depression; OXTR; Oxytocin receptor gene; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OXTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; CHILD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897413790     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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