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Possible genetic association between vasopressin receptor 1B and child aggression.
Psychiatry research - 30 Dec 2012
Zai Clement C, Muir Katherine E, Nowrouzi Behdin, Shaikh Sajid A, Choi Esther, Berall Laura, Trépanier Marc-Olivier, Beitchman Joseph H, Kennedy James L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies on animal models have implicated arginine vasopressin signalling pathway in aggressive behaviour. The role of arginine vasopressin in childhood onset aggression is unclear. METHODS: We investigated 11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes coding for arginine vasopressin and its receptors in our sample of 177 aggressive child cases paired with adult controls matched for sex and...
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