Asymmetry in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and aggressive behavior: A continuous theta-burst magnetic stimulation study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-188

  Perach Barzilay, N ^a   Tauber, A ^a   Klein, E ^b   Chistyakov, A ^b   Ne'eman, R ^a   Shamay Tsoory, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Asymmetry; cTBS; DLPFC; Proactive aggression; Reactive aggression; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874150818     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.720602     Document Type: Article

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