Amygdala hypoactivity to fearful faces in boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Jones, Alice P ^b   Laurens, Kristin R ^b   Herba, Catherine M ^b   Barker, Gareth J ^b   Viding, Essi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 59749099933     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07071050     Document Type: Article

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