NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A POLYMORPHISM IN THE PROMOTER REGION OF THE MAOA GENE WITH ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY TRAITS IN ALCOHOLICS
Author(s) -
G. Koller,
Brigitta Bondy,
U. Preuss,
M. Bottlender,
Michael Soyka
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agg003
Subject(s) - irritability , psychology , hostility , antisocial personality disorder , impulsivity , monoamine oxidase a , allele , genotype , big five personality traits , personality , clinical psychology , poison control , psychiatry , genetics , anxiety , biology , injury prevention , gene , medicine , social psychology , serotonin , receptor , environmental health
We analysed the MAOAuVNTR functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the X-chromosomal monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene. Genotypes with three-repeat alleles were reported to be associated with antisocial as well as impulsive traits.
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