Precious Bodily Fluids: Vasopressin and Infidelity

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Vasopressin and Infidelity

Variations in a gene which control the distribution of vasopressin receptors in the brain have been linked to marital discord in both men and women. Men with two copies of the allele had twice the marital problems of men with no copies.

Washington Post coverage

Weird.

Joel Topf, MD FACP

I am a board certified clinical nephrologist in Detroit. I am a partner at St Clair Nephrology. I am an Assistant Clinical Professor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and part of the faculty for The St John Hospital and Medical Center Nephrology Fellowship. I have an offices at St Johns Moross, Roseville and Farmington Hills. I am the medical director of St Clair Nephrology Research.

The best way to contact me is by twitter @Kidney_boy, (check out my best tweets at Favstar) or Facebook.

COI: I am on the speakers bureau for Astute Medical. I have an ownership stake in four Davita run dialysis clinics and one vascular access center. Astellas paid for my trip to Australia (Feb '15) for me to speak at one meeting and three hospitals. Takeda Oncology made a donation to MM4MM the program that is taking me to Mount Everest in 2018.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Vasopressin and Infidelity