Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Low monoamine oxidase A activity correlated with violence into adulthood

If you have the allele for low monoamine oxidase A expression and combine it with early childhood trauma, adult physical aggression seems more likely to follow. The commentator mentions that there is greater environmental sensitivity with this variant of the gene.
Also this report on smaller size of cingulate cortex and amygdala.

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