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Monoamine oxidase (MAOA)
The MAOA and MAOB genes are located on the X chromosome (Xp11) [ 63 ] and code for enzymes that catalyze the deamination of biogenic amines including the neurotransmitters norephinephrine, dopamine and serotonin.
In order to assess the role of dopamine on executive attention network efficiency, it would be useful to compare the distributions of executive attention scores for these 2 polymorphisms and ask whether those individuals who are expected to have higher levels of dopamine (COMT Methionine and MAOA 3-repeat) show differences in executive attention when compared to those individuals with lower levels of dopamine.
MAOA
Since MAOA is located on the X-chromosome, males are genetically hemizygous and females are functionally hemizygous due to random X-inactivation.