Cortical thickness and folding deficits in conduct-disordered adolescents

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-214

  Hyatt, Christopher J ^a   Haney Caron, Emily ^a   Stevens, Michael C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduct disorder; cortical folding; cortical thickness; empathy; local gyrification index; somatic marker hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL GYRUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84863719099     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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