Age-related changes in the association between serotonergic function and aggression in boys with ADHD

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 682-689

  Halperin, Jeffrey M ^a   Newcorn, Jeffrey H ^b   Schwartz, Susan T ^a   Sharma, Vanshdeep ^b   Siever, Larry J ^b   Koda, Vivian H ^a   Gabriel, Steven ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; aggression; development; fenfluramine; prolactin; serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0030990932     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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