Familial Correlates of Reduced Central Serotonergic System Function in Patients With Personality Disorders
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 April 1994
Emil F. Coccaro
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The results suggest that a central 5-HT system abnormality in probands is associated with an increased risk of impulsive aggression in their first-degree relatives, and that assessment of central5- HT system function in proband may be a more sensitive parameter for identification of this familial trait than the presence of impulse aggressive behaviors in the proband.
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These results suggest that a central 5-HT system abnormality in probands is associated with an increased risk of impulsive aggression in their first-degree relatives, and that assessment of central 5-HT system function in probands may be a more sensitive parameter for identification of this familial trait than the presence of impulsive aggressive behaviors in the proband.
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