Sex differences in orbitofrontal gray as a partial explanation for sex differences in antisocial personality

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-236

  Raine, A ^a   Yang, Y ^b   Narr, K L ^b   Toga, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial personality; middle frontal; orbitofrontal; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79151486109     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2009.136     Document Type: Article

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