Amygdala response to preattentive masked fear in children with conduct problems: The role of callous-unemotional traits

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1109-1116

  Viding, Essi ^a   Sebastian, Catherine L ^a   Dadds, Mark R ^a   Lockwood, Patricia L ^a   Cecil, Charlotte A M ^a   De Brito, Stephane A ^a   McCrory, Eamon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MASKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84867091559     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12020191     Document Type: Article

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