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Test of association between 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the oxytocin receptor gene and conduct disorder.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Apr 2012
Sakai Joseph T, Crowley Thomas J, Stallings Michael C, McQueen Matthew, Hewitt John K, Hopfer Christian, Hoft Nicole R, Ehringer Marissa A
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Animal and human studies have implicated oxytocin in affiliative and prosocial behaviors. We tested whether genetic variation in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene is associated with conduct disorder (CD). Utilizing a family-based sample of adolescent probands recruited from an adolescent substance abuse treatment program, control probands and their families (total sample, n=1750), we conducted three tests of...
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