Variation in the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Is Associated with Face Recognition and its Neural Correlates.

ABSTRACT: The ability to recognize faces is crucial for daily social interactions. Recent studies suggest that intranasal oxytocin administration improves social recognition in humans. Oxytocin signaling in the amygdala plays an essential role for social recognition in mice, and oxytocin administration has been shown to influence amygdala activity in humans. It is therefore possible that the effects of oxytocin on human social recognition depend on mechanisms that take place in the amygdala-a central region for memory processing also in humans. Variation in the gene encoding the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) has been associated with several aspects of social behavior. The present study examined the potential associations between nine OXTR polymorphisms, distributed across the gene, and the

SUBMITTER: Westberg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5031602 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature