Central nervous changes in social dysfunction: Autism, aggression, and psychopathy

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-265

  Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Brain imaging; Empathy; Neurotransmitter; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 33645056168     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.01.008     Document Type: Review

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