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Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and antisocial behaviors in the presence of childhood and adolescent maltreatment.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 May 2005
Haberstick Brett C, Lessem Jeffrey M, Hopfer Christian J, Smolen Andrew, Ehringer Marissa A, Timberlake David, Hewitt John K
Abstract excerpt
There is a robust relationship between the experience of maltreatment in childhood and later antisocial behaviors amongst adolescents and adults. Animal and human studies suggest that variation in monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) genotype may moderate the effects of maltreatment. Self-reported conduct problems and criminal convictions amongst sibling-pairs from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were...
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