Monoamine oxidase A regulates antisocial personality in whites with no history of physical abuse

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Reti, Irving M ^a   Xu, Jerry Z ^a   Yanofski, Jason ^a   McKibben, Jodi ^b   Uhart, Magdalena ^a   Cheng, Yu Jen ^b   Zandi, Peter ^a,b   Bienvenu, Oscar J ^a   Samuels, Jack ^a   Willour, Virginia ^a   Kasch Semenza, Laura ^a   Costa, Paul ^a,c   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b   Eaton, William W ^a,b   Nestadt, Gerald ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOPATHY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALLELES; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PERSONALITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79551602291     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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