Neuroanatomical correlates of temperament in early adolescents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 682-693

  Whittle, Sarah ^a   Yücel, Murat ^a   Fornito, Alex ^a   Barrett, Anna ^a   Wood, Stephen J ^a   Lubman, Dan I ^a   Simmons, Julian ^a   Pantelis, Christos ^a   Allen, Nicholas B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Brain volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Personality; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; EARLY ADOLESCENT TEMPERAMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERAMENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 44849097487     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816bffca     Document Type: Article

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