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Monoamine oxidase A regulates antisocial personality in whites with no history of physical abuse
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Monoamine oxidase A regulates antisocial personality in whites with no history of physical abuse

Irving M Reti, Jerry Z Xu, Jason Yanofski, Jodi McKibben, Magdalena Uhart, Yu-Jen Cheng, Peter Zandi, Oscar J Bienvenu, Jack Samuels, Virginia Willour, …
Comprehensive psychiatry, Vol.52(2), pp.188-194
2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.05.005
PMID: 21295226

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Abstract

Preclinical and human family studies clearly link monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) to aggression and antisocial personality (ASP). The 30–base pair variable number tandem repeat in the MAOA promoter regulates MAOA levels, but its effects on ASP in humans are unclear.

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