Plasma serotonin levels in young violent offenders: Aggressive responding and personality correlates

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1435-1441

  Zhou, Jiansong ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Li, Lingjiang ^a   Cao, Xia ^a   Xu, Liping ^b   Sun, Yehua ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Mental Health Hospital   (China)

^c The Youth Correction Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Personality; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33751033677     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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