Citation

Sandler M, Ruthven CR, Goodwin GL, Field H, Matthews R. Lancet 1978; 2(8103): 1269-1270.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

82778

Abstract

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.

Language: en