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A gene for impulsivity

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Impulsivity has been linked to various psychiatric disorders and forms of violent behaviour. A gene mutated in a population of violent Finnish criminal offenders provides clues to the neural basis of this trait. See article p.1061

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Figure 1: HTR2B and the regulation of impulsivity.

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  1. John R. Kelsoe is in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California 92014, USA. jkelsoe@ucsd.edu,

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Kelsoe, J. A gene for impulsivity. Nature 468, 1049–1050 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/4681049a

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