A role of oxytocin receptor gene brain tissue expression quantitative trait locus rs237895 in the intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal childhood maltreatment - Toepfer P, O Donnell KJ, Entringer S, Heim CM, Lin DTS, MacIsaac JL, Kobor MS, Meaney MJ, Proven çal N, Binder EB, Wadhwa PD, Buss C.

OBJECTIVE: Women exposed to childhood maltreatment (CM) are more likely to exhibit insensitive parenting, which may have consequences for their offspring ´s development. Variation in the Oxytocin-receptor gene (OXTR) moderates risk of CM-associated long-te...
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