Monoamine Oxidase A, Gender Differences, and Social Exclusion: Comment on "Eisenberger et al."

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gallardo Pujol, David ^a   García Forero, Carlos ^a   Andrés Pueyo, Antonio ^a   Maydeu Olivares, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 37349060298     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.03.026     Document Type: Letter

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