Abnormal amygdala activation profile in pedophilia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Sartorius, Alexander ^a   Ruf, Matthias ^a   Kief, Christine ^a   Demirakca, Traute ^a   Bailer, Josef ^a   Ende, Gabriele ^a   Henn, Fritz A ^a,c   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^a,b   Dressing, Harald ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; fMRI; Pedophilia; Striato limbic pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BOY; BRAIN ACTIVATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PEDOPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50249170355     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-0782-2     Document Type: Article

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