Morphological alterations in the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala in unsuccessful psychopaths

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 546-554

  Yang, Yaling ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b   Colletti, Patrick ^c   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Narr, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; MRI; Prefrontal; Psychopathy; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; THICKNESS;

EID: 77955595259     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019611     Document Type: Article

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