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SUBMITTER: Tiihonen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776744 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tiihonen J J Rautiainen M-R MR Ollila H M HM Repo-Tiihonen E E Virkkunen M M Palotie A A Pietiläinen O O Kristiansson K K Joukamaa M M Lauerma H H Saarela J J Tyni S S Vartiainen H H Paananen J J Goldman D D Paunio T T
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In developed countries, the majority of all violent crime is committed by a small group of antisocial recidivistic offenders, but no genes have been shown to contribute to recidivistic violent offending or severe violent behavior, such as homicide. Our results, from two independent cohorts of Finnish prisoners, revealed that a monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) low-activity genotype (contributing to low dopamine turnover rate) as well as the CDH13 gene (coding for neuronal membrane adhesion protein) are ...[more]