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Associations of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism with aggressivity, attention deficit, and conduct disorder in an adoptee population.
Comprehensive psychiatry - 1 Jan 2000
Cadoret Remi J, Langbehn Douglas, Caspers Kristin, Troughton Edward P, Yucuis Rebecca, Sandhu Harinder K, Philibert Robert
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Prior studies of the Iowa Adoption cohorts have demonstrated that the degree of adoptee aggressiveness and conduct disorder has a significant genetic component. Other studies have implicated the neurotransmitter serotonin or polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene (5HTT) as an important source of variability in "externalizing" behaviors such as aggressivity, conduct disorder, and attention...
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