Biological Psychiatry
Volume 60, Issue 7 , Pages 684-689 , 1 October 2006

MAOA and the “Cycle of Violence:” Childhood Abuse and Neglect, MAOA Genotype, and Risk for Violent and Antisocial Behavior

  • Cathy Spatz Widom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Cathy Spatz Widom, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, 183 South Orange Avenue, BHSB F1408, Newark, NJ 07103
    • ,
  • Linda M. Brzustowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
    • Department of Genetics, Rutgers–The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey.

Received 24 October 2005 ,Revised 23 March 2006 ,Accepted 28 March 2006.

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PII: S0006-3223(06)00473-2

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.039

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 60, Issue 7 , Pages 684-689 , 1 October 2006

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