Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with increased risk for anxiety, stress and depression in individuals with a history of exposure to early life stress

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-100

  Myers, Amanda J ^a   Williams, Leanne ^b,c   Gatt, Justine M ^b,d,e   McAuley Clark, Erica Z ^e   Dobson Stone, Carol ^d,e   Schofield, Peter R ^d,e   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; DASS scale; Depression; Oxytocin; RNA expression; SNP; Stress

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; RNA; OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS; BRAIN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84908337827     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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