Oxytocin receptor gene associated with the efficiency of social auditory processing

Oxytocin receptor gene associated with the efficiency of social auditory processing

Oxytocin has been shown to facilitate social aspects of sensory processing, thereby enhancing social communicative behaviors and empathy. Here we report that compared to the AA/AG genotypes, the presumably more efficient GG genotype of an oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism (OXTR rs53576) that has p...

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Main Authors: Mattie eTops, Marinus H Van IJzendoorn, Madelon M.E. Riem, Maarten A S Boksem, Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Oxytocin
autism
auditory processing
OXTR
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00060/full

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