Personality, behavior and environmental features associated with OXTR genetic variants in british mothers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Connelly, Jessica J ^a   Golding, Jean ^b   Gregory, Steven P ^b   Ring, Susan M ^b   Davis, John M ^c   Smith, George Davey ^b   Harris, James C ^d   Carter, C Sue ^e,f   Pembrey, Marcus ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IODINE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOOD; MOTHER; NUTRIENT; OXTR GENE; PERSONALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84898012809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090465     Document Type: Article

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