Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sandler, M
• Ruthven, C R
• Goodwin, G L
• Field, H
• Matthews, R

Titel

Phenylethylamine overproduction in aggressive psychopaths

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet (British edition), 1978-12, Vol.2 (8103), p.1269-1270

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

1978

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Plasma concentrations of free and conjugated phenylacetic acid, the major metabolite of phenylethylamine, were higher in ten prisoners serving long terms of imprisonment for violent crimes than in pair-matched non-violent control prisoners. Since amphetamine, a compound closely related to phenylethylamine, can reduce aggressiveness in some violent subjects, the increase in phenylethylamine production may be an attempt to compensate for the unknown derangement of function responsible for increased aggression.