A common oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism modulates intranasal oxytocin effects on the neural response to social cooperation in humans

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 516-525

  Feng, C ^a,b   Lori, A ^c   Waldman, I D ^a   Binder, E B ^c,d   Haroon, E ^c   Rilling, J K ^a,c,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Human Genetics ^*  (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; fMRI; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism; Rs53576

Indexed keywords

CHLORBUTOL; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; VASOPRESSIN; OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER DILEMMA; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940787776     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12234     Document Type: Article

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