Interaction between Oxytocin Genotypes and Early Experience Predicts Quality of Mothering and Postpartum Mood

Individual differences in maternal behavior are affected by both early life experiences and oxytocin, but little is known about genetic variation in oxytocin genes and its effects on mothering. We examined two polymorphisms in the oxytocin peptide gene OXT (rs2740210 and rs4813627) and one polymorph...

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Main Authors: Mileva-Seitz, Viara, Steiner, Meir, Atkinson, Leslie, Meaney, Michael J., Levitan, Robert, Kennedy, James L., Sokolowski, Marla B., Fleming, Alison S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3630168/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23637833
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061443
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