The oxytocin receptor gene predicts brain activity during an emotion recognition task in autism.

Florina UzefovskyRichard A I BethlehemSimone Shamay-TsooryAmber RuigrokRosemary HoltMichael SpencerLindsay ChuraVarun WarrierBhismadev ChakrabartiEd BullmoreJohn SucklingDorothea FlorisSimon Baron-Cohen

Published in: Molecular autism (2019)

This is one of the first studies to investigate OXTR and brain function in autism. The findings suggest a neurogenetic mechanism by which OXTR-dependent activity within the rSMG is related to the aetiology of autism.

Keyphrases

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