Monoamine oxidase-A genetic variations influence brain activity associated with inhibitory control: New insight into the neural correlates of impulsivity

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-340

  Passamonti, Luca ^a   Fera, Francesco ^b   Magariello, Angela ^b   Cerasa, Antonio ^b   Gioia, Maria Cecilia ^b   Muglia, Maria ^b   Nicoletti, Giuseppe ^b   Gallo, Olivier ^b   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BOLD fMRI; Gene polymorphism; Go NoGo task; Impulsivity; MAO A; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DNA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VARIATION (GENETICS); VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 32544434209     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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