MAOA and MAOB polymorphisms and anger-related traits in suicidal participants and controls

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-403

  Antypa, Niki ^b   Giegling, Ina ^a   Calati, Raffaella ^d   Schneider, Barbara ^c   Hartmann, Annette M ^a   Friedl, Marion ^a   Konte, Bettina ^a   Lia, Loredana ^b   De Ronchi, Diana ^b   Serretti, Alessandro ^b   Rujescu, Dan ^a,e  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; MAO genes; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881316298     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-012-0378-8     Document Type: Article

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