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Variation in the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Is Associated With Social Cognition and ADHD.
Journal of attention disorders - 1 May 2019
Kalyoncu Tuğba, Özbaran Burcu, Köse Sezen, Onay Hüseyin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Children with ADHD show substantial deficits in social cognitive abilities. Oxytocin, mediated through its specific receptor (OXTR), is involved in the regulation of social behavior and social cognition. METHOD: The entire coding sequence of the human OXT and OXTR genes were sequenced to identify mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 151 children with ADHD (ADHD-combined, n = 51;...
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