Variants in adjacent oxytocin/vasopressin gene region and associations with ASD diagnosis and other autism related endophenotypes

Variants in adjacent oxytocin/vasopressin gene region and associations with ASD diagnosis and other autism related endophenotypes

Background: There has been increasing interest in oxytocin (peptide: OT, gene: OXT) as a treatment pathway for neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Neurodevelopmental disorders affect functional, social, and intellectual abilities. With advances in molecular biology,...

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Main Authors: Sunday M. Francis, Emily eKistner-Griffin, Zhongyu eYan, Stephen eGuter, Edwin H. Cook, Suma eJacob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Genetics
Oxytocin
vasopressin
phenotypes
biomarkers
polymorphisms
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00195/full

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