Brain serotonin synthesis in adult males characterized by physical aggression during childhood: a 21-year longitudinal study.

Brain serotonin synthesis in adult males characterized by physical aggression during childhood: a 21-year longitudinal study.

Adults exhibiting severe impulsive and aggressive behaviors have multiple indices of low serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission. It remains unclear though whether low 5-HT mediates the behavior or instead reflects a pre-existing vulnerability trait.In the present study, positron emission tomography with...

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Main Authors: Linda Booij, Richard E Tremblay, Marco Leyton, Jean R Séguin, Frank Vitaro, Paul Gravel, Elisabeth Perreau-Linck, Mélissa L Lévesque, France Durand, Mirko Diksic, Gustavo Turecki, Chawki Benkelfat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2889822?pdf=render

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