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The influence of oxytocin administration on responses to infant faces and potential moderation by OXTR genotype.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Dec 2012
Marsh Abigail A, Yu Henry H, Pine Daniel S, Gorodetsky Elena K, Goldman David, Blair R J R
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RATIONALE: Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that is associated with increases in social affiliative behaviors, particularly toward infants. However, no previous study has investigated healthy adults' responses to infant faces following oxytocin administration. In addition, given that preliminary evidence suggests that a single-nucleotide polymorphism of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene, rs53576, may influence...
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