Clinical and physiological effects of stereotaxic bilateral amygdalotomy for intractable aggression

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-420

  Lee, Gregory P ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^b   Adolphs, Ralph ^b   Arena, John ^b   Meador, Kimford J ^b   Loring, David W ^b   Smith, Joseph R ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0031791078     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.10.4.413     Document Type: Article

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