Association between monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and personality traits in Japanese individuals

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1932-1935

  Tsuchimine, Shoko ^a,b   Yasui Furukori, Norio ^a   Kaneda, Ayako ^a   Saito, Manabu ^a   Nakagami, Taku ^a   Sato, Kimihiko ^b   Kaneko, Sunao ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender; MAOA; Persistence; TCI

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449121653     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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