Happiness gene in women is discovered
Aug-30-2012

Even though statistics show that women have higher incidences of anxiety and mood disorders, they also experience greater happiness compared to men. Nobody has ever understood what the basis for this is - barring the theories of notable best sellers touting the planetary origins of the genders, that is.
But now a new gene has been identified that appears to make females, but not men, happy. Researchers at the University of South Florida, Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatry Institute reveal the findings of the study in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry.
The scientists found that the low-expression of the gene MAOA (monoamine oxidase A) is associated with higher levels of happiness in women. They were not able to find such a link in men.

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