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Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in relation to alleles of dopamine D4 receptor and tyrosine hydroxylase genes.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 1997
Garpenstrand H, Ekblom J, Hallman J, Oreland L
Abstract excerpt
Human personality characteristics and vulnerability to psychopathology are to a large extent dependent upon genetic factors which have yet to be fully defined. The allele distribution of the dopamine D4 receptor (D4DR) and thrombocyte monoamine oxidase (trbc MAO) activity have both been associated with personality traits which are supposedly related, namely 'sensation seeking' according to Zuckerman and 'novelty...
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