MAOA-uVNTR genotype predicts interindividual differences in experimental aggressiveness as a function of the degree of provocation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-78

  Kuepper, Yvonne ^a   Grant, Phillip ^a   Wielpuetz, Catrin ^a   Hennig, Juergen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Behaviour genetics; MAOA uVNTR; Personality; Provoked aggression; Sex

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; SELF REPORT; SEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84876312375     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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