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Biological correlates of personality: considerations on the possible usefulness of central nervous system peripheral markers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Castrogiovanni ,
F Pieraccini ,
I Maremmani  and
D Marazziti
P Castrogiovanni
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100Pisa, Italy
F Pieraccini
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100Pisa, Italy
I Maremmani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100Pisa, Italy
D Marazziti*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100Pisa, Italy
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

Although a great deal of biological research has been carried out on several psychiatric disorders, it is disappointing to see how little progress has been made in the field of the biology of personality. The authors underline the methodological problems that arise in the investigation of biological substrates of human personality and review both currently available and putative peripheral markers of the central nervous system that might be used in further human studies.

Keywords

personalityneurotransmitterMMPIperipheral CNS marker3H-imipramine bindingMAO-B activityelectroretinogram- b wave amplitude
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European Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , 1993 , pp. 115 - 124
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1993

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