Genetics of suicide, from genes to behavior

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Crisafulli, Concetta ^a   Calati, Raffaella ^b   de Ronchi, Diana ^b   Sidoti, Antonina ^a   D'Angelo, Rosalia ^a   Amato, Aldo ^a   Serretti, Alessandro ^b  

^a Division of Biology and Genetics   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Endophenotypes; Polymorphisms; Suicide

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 78649766523     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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