Amygdala dysfunction attenuates frustration-induced aggression in psychopathic individuals in a non-criminal population

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Osumi, Takahiro ^a,b   Nakao, Takashi ^c   Kasuya, Yukinori ^d   Shinoda, Jun ^d   Yamada, Jitsuhiro ^d   Ohira, Hideki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Kizawa Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Decision making; Emotions; Psychopathy; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CORPUS STRIATUM; CRIMINALS; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868093128     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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