An Exploration of the Serotonin System in Antisocial Boys with High Levels of Callous-Unemotional Traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Moul, Caroline ^a   Dobson Stone, Carol ^a,b   Brennan, John ^a,c   Hawes, David ^d   Dadds, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HTR1B GENE; HTR2A GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPATHY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84874100510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056619     Document Type: Article

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