Genetic determinants of aggression and impulsivity in humans

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-82

  Pavlov, Konstantin A ^b   Chistiakov, Dimitry A ^a   Chekhonin, Vladimir P ^a,b  

^a PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Serbsky State Research Center of Forensic and Social Psychiatry   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aggression; Association; Dopamine; Impulsivity; Polymorphism; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CARRIER PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGGRESSION; DOPAMINE; GENETIC DETERMINISM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84856302867     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-011-0069-6     Document Type: Review

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