The effects of MAOA genotype, childhood trauma, and sex on trait and state-dependent aggression

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 806-813

  Verhoeven, Floor E A ^a   Booij, Linda ^b,c,d   Kruijt, Anne Wil ^a   Cerit, Hilâl ^a   Antypa, Niki ^a,f   Van der Does, Willem ^a,e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cognitive reactivity; Depression; MAOA; Sex; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAOA GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84880816953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.96     Document Type: Article

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