Oxytocin receptors (OXTR) and early parental care: An interaction that modulates psychiatric disorders

• Main Authors: Cataldo, Ilaria, Azhari, Atiqah, Lepri, Bruno, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Gene-environment interaction; OXTR
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86083; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43938; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891422217302524
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Oxytocin plays an important role in the modulation of social behavior in both typical and atypical contexts. Also, the quality of early parental care sets the foundation for long-term psychosocial development. Here, we review studies that investigated how oxytocin receptor (OXTR) interacts with earl...