Brain serotonin synthesis in adult males characterized by physical aggression during childhood: A 21-year longitudinal study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Booij, Linda ^a,e   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,c,d,e   Leyton, Marco ^a,f,g   Séguin, Jean R ^b,e   Vitaro, Frank ^b,e   Gravel, Paul ^a   Perreau Linck, Elisabeth ^a   Lévesque, Mélissa L ^a   Durand, France ^a   Diksic, Mirko ^f,g   Turecki, Gustavo ^h   Benkelfat, Chawki ^a,f,g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77955286631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011255     Document Type: Article

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