Effects of MAOA-genotype, alcohol consumption, and aging on violent behavior

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 428-434

  Tikkanen, Roope ^a   Sjöberg, Rickard L ^b,c,d   Ducci, Francesca ^e   Goldman, David ^b   Holi, Matti ^a   Tiihonen, Jari ^f   Virkkunen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Psychiatric Genetics; Violent Behavior

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAOA GENE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649105412     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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