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Overt behavior problems and serotonergic function in middle childhood among male and female offspring of alcoholic fathers.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Sept 1998
Twitchell G R, Hanna G L, Cook E H, Fitzgerald H E, Little K Y, Zucker R A
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A large body of literature indicates that the serotonergic system is involved in behavioral regulation, as evidenced by the inverse relationship between impulsive aggression and serotonergic function found in adult alcoholics and nonalcoholics. However, studies of this relationship among child and adolescent offspring of alcoholics (COAs) have not previously been done. This study examines the potentially parallel...
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