5-HT functioning and aggression in children with ADHD and disruptive behaviour disorders

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 438-

  Zepf, Florian Daniel ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LETTER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUICIDE;

EID: 48249139427     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.948     Document Type: Letter

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