Reduced amygdala-orbitofrontal connectivity during moral judgments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Marsh, Abigail A ^a,b   Finger, Elizabeth C ^c   Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Jurkowitz, Ilana T N ^a   Schechter, Julia C ^d   Yu, Henry H ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Blair, R J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; FMRI; Moral reasoning; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 82455212996     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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