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Prefrontal cortex lesions and MAO-A modulate aggression in penetrating traumatic brain injury.
Neurology - 22 Mar 2011
Pardini M, Krueger F, Hodgkinson C, Raymont V, Ferrier C, Goldman D, Strenziok M, Guida S, Grafman J
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OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the interaction between brain lesion location and monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) in the genesis of aggression in patients with penetrating traumatic brain injury (PTBI). METHODS: We enrolled 155 patients with PTBI and 42 controls drawn from the Vietnam Head Injury Study registry. Patients with PTBI were divided according to lesion localization (prefrontal cortex [PFC] vs non-PFC)...
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