The MAOA and COMT Gene Polymorphisms in Patients with Schizophrenia Committed Homicide

The MAOA and COMT Gene Polymorphisms in Patients with Schizophrenia Committed Homicide

Numerous studies have indicated that aggression and homicide are more frequent among people with schizophrenia than in the general population. There is considerable evidence that schizophrenia involves a dysbalance between subcortical and cortical dopaminergic systems. The major pathways for catecho...

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Main Authors: V.A. Soldatkin, T.P. Shkurat, A.S. Bobkov, E.V. Mashkina, A.V. Tretyakov, A.Ya. Perekhov, V.V. Mrykhin, A.I. Kovalev, O.A. Bukhanovskaya, M.N. Kryuchkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Medical Research and Development Corporation 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedicine
Subjects:
schizophrenia;
homicide;
MAOA gene;
COMT gene.
Online Access:http://ijbm.org/articles/Article4(4)_CR3.pdf

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