Right Anterior Cingulate: A Neuroanatomical Correlate of Aggression and Defiance in Boys

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-684

  Boes, Aaron D ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^b   Anderson, Steven W ^b   Nopoulos, Peg ^b  

^a The University of Iowa

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial; children; FreeSurfer; sex differences; structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIANT BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC BEHAVIOR SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44649117282     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.3.677     Document Type: Article

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