Stalking and Huntington's Disease: A neurobiological link?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1202-1204

  Soliman, Sherif ^a,d   Haque, Shuja ^b   George, Edwin ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ODMH Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Caudate; Dopamine; Etiology of stalking; Female stalkers; Fluvoxamine; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Huntington's Disease; Neurobiology of stalking; Pathophysiology of stalking; Risperidone; Serotonin; Stalkers; Stalking

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; NEFAZODONE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STALKING;

AGGRESSION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; RISPERIDONE;

EID: 34548331824     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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