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Association of anger-related traits with SNPs in the TPH gene.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jan 2002
Rujescu D, Giegling I, Bondy B, Gietl A, Zill P, Möller H-J
Abstract excerpt
Since both aggression-related traits and serotonergic activity are partially heritable and correlate inversely, variations in genes of the serotonergic system might then, to some extent, account for variations in aggression-related behavior. Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) is the rate limiting biosynthetic enzyme in the serotonin pathway and regulates levels of serotonin. Recently, a genetic variation in TPH has...
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