Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism modulates the effects of social support on heart rate variability

Biological Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-49

  Kanthak, Magdalena K ^a,b   Chen, Frances S ^a,c   Kumsta, Robert ^d   Hill, LaBarron K ^e,f   Thayer, Julian F ^g   Heinrichs, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Heart rate variability; Individual differences; Molecular genetics; Oxytocin; Stress buffering

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; GENETICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959145288     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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