Cluster B personality disorders are associated with allelic variation of monoamine oxidase A activity

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1711-1718

  Jacob, Christian P ^a   Müller, Johannes ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^a   Hohenberger, Katrin ^a   Gutknecht, Lise ^a   Reif, Andreas ^a   Schmidtke, Armin ^a   Mössner, Rainald ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cluster B; Impulsivity; MAOA LPR; Monoamine oxidase A genotype; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; TYPE B BEHAVIOR; TYPE C BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 27744513579     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300737     Document Type: Article

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