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Genes showing altered expression in the medial preoptic area in the highly social maternal phenotype are related to autism and other disorders with social deficits.
BMC neuroscience - 14 Jan 2014
Driessen Terri M, Eisinger Brian E, Zhao Changjiu, Stevenson Sharon A, Saul Michael C, Gammie Stephen C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The mother-child relationship is the most fundamental social bond in mammals, and previous studies indicate that the medial preoptic area (MPOA) contributes to this increase in sociability. It is possible that the same genes that lead to elevated sociability in one condition (the maternal state) might also be dysregulated in some disorders with social deficits (e.g. autism). In this study, we examined...
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