Working memory brain activity and capacity link MAOA polymorphism to aggressive behavior during development

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ziermans, T ^a   Dumontheil, I ^a   Roggeman, C ^a   Peyrard Janvid, M ^a   Matsson, H ^a   Kere, J ^a,b   Klingberg, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CBCL; Dopamine; FMRI; MAOA; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); DOPAMINE; DRD5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYGEN; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARIETAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WORKING MEMORY; X CHROMOSOME; AGE; ALLELE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONTROL; ENDOPHENOTYPE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALLELES; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D5; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858054166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.7     Document Type: Article

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