Plasma GABA levels correlate with aggressiveness in relatives of patients with unipolar depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-136

  Bjork, James M ^a   Moeller, F Gerard ^a   Kramer, Gerald L ^b   Kram, Martin ^b   Suris, Alina ^b   Rush, A John ^b   Petty, Frederick ^b  

^a University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biological markers; GABA; Hostility

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANIA; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035946192     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(01)00220-7     Document Type: Article

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