Atypical nucleus accumbens morphology in psychopathy: Another limbic piece in the puzzle

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-167

  Boccardi, Marina ^a   Bocchetta, Martina ^a   Aronen, Hannu J ^b,c   Repo Tiihonen, Eila ^d   Vaurio, Olli ^d   Thompson, Paul M ^e   Tiihonen, Jari ^d,f,g   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

ASPD; Basal ganglia; MRI; Neuroimaging; Nucleus accumbens; Psychopathy; Radial atrophy mapping

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; PUTAMEN; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BASAL GANGLIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIFE STYLE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN SIZE; PRISONERS; PUTAMEN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84875390827     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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