MAOA-VNTR polymorphism modulates context-dependent dopamine release and aggressive behavior in males

NeuroImage

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 378-385

  Schlüter, Thorben ^a   Winz, Oliver ^a   Henkel, Karsten ^a   Eggermann, Thomas ^a   Mohammadkhani Shali, Siamak ^a   Dietrich, Claudia ^a   Heinzel, Alexander ^a,e   Decker, Michel ^a   Cumming, Paul ^b,c   Zerres, Klaus ^a   Piel, Markus ^d   Mottaghy, Felix M ^a,e,f   Vernaleken, Ingo ^a,e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Julich Aachen Research Alliance JARA   (Germany)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; DMFP; Dopamine; MAOA; PET

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; DESMETHOXYFALLYPRIDE F 18; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MONOAMINE OXIDASE A, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EMOTIONALITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIOLENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SECRETION (PROCESS); SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946219833     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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