What does brain imaging tell us about the predisposition to suicidal behavior

Crisis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 101-103

  Mann, J J ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Translational Neuroscience   (United States)

^c American Foundation for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EDITORIAL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOOD DISORDERS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 24944571873     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.26.3.101     Document Type: Editorial

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