On the association between low resting heart rate and chronic aggression: Retinoid toxicity hypothesis

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Mawson, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisocial personality disorder; Arousal; Conduct disorder; Heart rate; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ISOTRETINOIN; MINOCYCLINE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; INFECTION; INJURY; IRRITABILITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STRESS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TOXICITY;

AGGRESSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETINOIDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 60049092474     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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