MAOA and the "Cycle of Violence:" Childhood Abuse and Neglect, MAOA Genotype, and Risk for Violent and Antisocial Behavior

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 684-689

  Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; child abuse and neglect; cycle of violence; MAOA genotype; violent behavior

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; ISOENZYME;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33748887800     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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