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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
Music is listened in all cultures. We hypothesize that willingness to produce and perceive sound and music is social communication that needs musical aptitude. Here, listening to music was surveyed using a web-based questionnaire and musical aptitude using the auditory structuring ability test (Karma Music test) and Carl Seashores tests for pitch and for time. Three highly polymorphic microsatellite markers (RS3, RS1 and AVR) of the arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) gene, previously associated with social communication and attachment, were genotyped and analyzed in 31 Finnish families (n=437 members) using family-based association analysis. A positive association between the AVPR1A haplotype (RS1 and AVR) and active current listening to music (permuted P=0.0019) was observed. Other AVPR1A haplotype (RS3 and AVR) showed association with lifelong active listening to music (permuted P=0.0022). In addition to AVPR1A, two polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR and variable number of tandem repeat) of human serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4), a candidate gene for many neuropsychiatric disorders and previously associated with emotional processing, were analyzed. No association between listening to music and the polymorphisms of SLC6A4 were detected. The results suggest that willingness to listen to music is related to neurobiological pathways affecting social affiliation and communication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1435-232X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
324-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Aptitude, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Child, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Finland, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Internet, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Music, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Receptors, Vasopressin, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21307861-Social Behavior
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of the arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) haplotypes with listening to music.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't