Aggression, psychopathy and brain imaging - Review and future recommendations

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Wahlund, Katarina ^a   Kristiansson, Marianne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Brain Imaging; fMRI; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CRIME; EMPATHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; OFFENDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCINFO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 67650716731     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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