Aggression and personality: Association with amino acids and monoamine metabolites

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-331

  Moller S E ^a   Mortensen, E L ^b   Breum, L ^b   Alling, C ^b   Larsen, O G ^b   Boge Rasmussen T ^b   Jensen, C ^b   Bennicke, K ^b  

^a H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029978205     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700034711     Document Type: Article

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