Associations between oxytocin-related genes and autistic-like traits
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Neural correlate of autistic-like traits and a common allele in the oxytocin receptor gene.
Sub-clinical autistic-like traits (ALTs) are continuously distributed in the general population and genetically linked to autism. Although identifying the neurogenetic backgrounds of ALTs might enhance our ability to identify those of autism, they are largely unstudied. Here, we have examined the neuroanatomical basis of ALTs and their association with the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) rs225429...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1747-0919,1747-0927
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2014.897995