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High activity-related allele of MAO-A gene associated with depressed suicide in males.
Neuroreport - 2 Jul 2002
Du Lisheng, Faludi Gabor, Palkovits Miklos, Sotonyi Peter, Bakish David, Hrdina Pavel D
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities in brain monoamine oxidase A activity have been implicated in the pathogenesis of depressive illness and suicidal behavior. The present investigation was to determine whether there is an association between MAO-A gene polymorphism and depressed suicide. The EcoRV polymorphism in MAO-A gene with alleles associated with enzyme activity was studied in postmortem brain samples from 44 depressed suicide...
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