Strong limbic and weak frontal activation to aggressive stimuli in spouse abusers

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 655-656

  Lee, T M C ^a,b   Chan, S C ^a   Raine, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LETTER; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN MAPPING; CAREGIVERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 45549107760     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.46     Document Type: Letter

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