MAOA genotype, social exclusion and aggression: An experimental test of a gene-environment interaction

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-145

  Gallardo Pujol, D ^a   Andres Pueyo A ^a   Maydeu Olivares, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisocial behavior; Experiment; MAOA; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

MAOA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL AGGRESSION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84872683621     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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