Are dopaminergic genes involved in a predisposition to pathological aggression?: Hypothesizing the importance of "super normal controls" in psychiatricgenetic research of complex behavioral disorders

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 703-707

  Chen, Thomas J H ^a,b   Blum, Kenneth ^c,d,e   Mathews, Daniel ^f   Fisher, Larry ^f   Schnautz, Nancy ^g   Braverman, Eric R ^h   Schoolfield, John ⁱ   Downs, Bernard W ^j   Comings, David E ^k  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PharmacoGenomics Inc   (United States)

^e Salugen Inc   (United States)

^f Comprehensive Neurobehavioral Systems ^*  (United States)

^g The Brown School   (United States)

^h Path Medical Research Foundation   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^j Allied Nutraceutical Research   (United States)

^k CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ADDICTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REWARD; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 22544469139     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.04.037     Document Type: Article

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