Association of low-activity MAOA allelic variants with violent crime in incarcerated offenders

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-75

  Stetler, Dean A ^a   Davis, Chad ^a   Leavitt, Kathryn ^a   Schriger, Ilana ^a   Benson, Katie ^a   Bhakta, Samir ^a   Wang, Lam Chee ^a   Oben, Cynthia ^a   Watters, Matthew ^a   Haghnegahdar, Tara ^a   Bortolato, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Childhood maltreatment; Criminal violence; Impulsivity; Monoamine oxidase A

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BUSS PERRY AGGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; OFFENDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIMINALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912576169     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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