Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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 an...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alcoholism
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Child
- Child Behavior Disorders
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Personality Assessment
- Phenotype
- Serotonin