The oxytocin receptor gene predicts brain activity during an emotion recognition task in autism

The oxytocin receptor gene predicts brain activity during an emotion recognition task in autism

Abstract Background Autism is a highly varied and heritable neurodevelopmental condition, and common variants explain approximately 50% of the genetic variance of autism. One of the genes implicated in autism is the oxytocin receptor (OXTR). The current study combined genetic and brain imaging (fMRI...

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Main Authors: Florina Uzefovsky, Richard A. I. Bethlehem, Simone Shamay-Tsoory, Amber Ruigrok, Rosemary Holt, Michael Spencer, Lindsay Chura, Varun Warrier, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Ed Bullmore, John Suckling, Dorothea Floris, Simon Baron-Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Molecular Autism
Subjects:
Autism
Oxytocin receptor
fMRI
Supramarginal gyrus
Imaging genetics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-019-0258-4

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