Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) predicts behavioral aggression following provocation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2118-2123

  McDermott, Rose ^a   Tingley, Dustin ^b   Cowden, Jonathan ^c   Frazzetto, Giovanni ^d,e   Johnson, Dominic D P ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hot sauce paradigm; Power to take game; Punishment; Warrior gene

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MUTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 60549117319     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808376106     Document Type: Article

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