A polymorphism of the MAOA gene is associated with emotional brain markers and personality traits on an antisocial index

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1797-1809

  Williams, Leanne M ^a,g   Gatt, Justine M ^a   Kuan, Stacey A ^a   Dobson Stone, Carol ^b,c   Palmer, Donna M ^a   Paul, Robert H ^d   Song, Le ^a,e   Costa, Paul T ^f   Schofield, Peter R ^b,c   Gordon, Evian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisocial traits; Event related potentials (ERPs); LORETA; Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) genotype; NEO personality factors

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAOA GENE; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349242343     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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