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    Biol Psychiatry. 1980 Dec;15(6):917-23.

    Serotoninergic dysfunction in the 47, XYY syndrome.

    Abstract

    In six XYY patients suffering from aggressiveness and admitted by order of law into a security setting for acts of violence, the estimation of cerebrospinal fluid amine metabolites before and after a probenecid test revealed a clear decrease in the turnover of central serotonin (5-HT) while that of dopamine (DA) was unchanged. The treatment with the 5-HT precursor, L-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5-HTP), in five of the XYYs resulted in a clinical status equivalent to that observed when the patients were previously treated by conventional neuroleptics.

    PMID:
    6161648
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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