Aberrant Paralimbic gray matter in criminal Psychopathy

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-658

  Ermer, Elsa ^a,b   Cope, Lora M ^a,b   Nyalakanti, Prashanth K ^b   Calhoun, Vince D ^a,b   Kiehl, Kent A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Limbic structure dysfunction; MRI; Paralimbic cortex dysfunction; Psychopathy; Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OFFENDER; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRIMINALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84871461306     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026371     Document Type: Article

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