The interactive effect of MAOA-LPR genotype and childhood physical neglect on aggressive behaviors in Italian male prisoners

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 543-549

  Gorodetsky, E ^a   Bevilacqua, L ^a,b   Carli, V ^c,d   Sarchiapone, M ^c   Roy, A ^e   Goldman, D ^a   Enoch, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; BGHA; Childhood trauma; CTQ; Interactive effect; MAOA LPR genotype; MAOA LPR high activity variant; MAOA LPR low activity variant; Physical neglect; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BROWN GOODWIN LIFETIME HISTORY OF AGGRESSION; BUSS DURKEE HOSTILITY INVENTORY; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LPR GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAOA GENE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PROMOTER REGION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENETICS; ITALY;

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MONOAMINE OXIDASE A, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PRISONERS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84903768200     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12140     Document Type: Article

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