A missense polymorphism in the putative pheromone receptor gene VN1R1 is associated with sociosexual behavior

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Henningsson, S ^a   Hovey, D ^a   Vass, K ^a   Walum, H ^b,c,d,e   Sandnabba, K ^f   Santtila, P ^f   Jern, P ^f   Westberg, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Translational Social Neuroscience   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR 1; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; PHEROMONE; VN1R1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ONE-NIGHT STAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85038372502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.70     Document Type: Article

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