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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"MAOA genotype"”.
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Antecedents of Borderline Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder: An Examination of Gene X Environment Interactions
<p>Current thinking suggests that genotypes associated with impulse-control disorders and negative emotionality, such as monoamine oxidase-a (MAOA), interact with negative early environmental factors like childhood maltreatment and develop into the disorders know as Borderline Personality Disorder …
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Polymorphisms in the COMT and MAOA genes and their consequences for clinical, neuropsychological and neuroimaging dimensions in a population at high risk of schizophrenia
… Dopamine is degraded by two enzymes COMT and MAOA. Thus mutations in the genes controlling the effectiveness of these enzymes may render subjects with a hyperdopaminergic state. This thesis will concentrate on two specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the MAOA and COMT genes and their …
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Examining the MAOA gene and its potential role in the effect of childhood maltreatment on borderline personality traits and emotion dysregulation
… of the disorder and the gene mono oxidase A (MAOA). Specifically, a positive association was found between MAOA-H and the presence of BPD traits when childhood maltreatment was experienced. The current study sought to expand past research that used female participants because thus far research …