Cortical thickness of superior frontal cortex predicts impulsiveness and perceptual reasoning in adolescence

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 624-630

  Schilling, C ^a,b   Kuhn S ^a,c   Paus, T ^d,e,f   Romanowski, A ^a   Banaschewski, T ^g   Barbot, A ^h   Barker, G J ⁱ   Bruhl R ^j   Buchel C ^k   Conrod, P J ⁱ   Dalley, J W ^l   Flor, H ^g   Ittermann, B ^j   Ivanov, N ^a   Mann, K ^g   Martinot, J L ^m,n   Nees, F ^g   Rietschel, M ^g   Robbins, T W ^l   Smolka, M N ^o   Strohle A ^a   Kathmann, N ^b   Garavan, H ^p   Heinz, A ^a   Schumann, G ⁱ   Gallinat, J ^a   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^h DIF   (France)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m INSERM   (France)

ⁿ ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^o DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^p TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

more..

Author keywords

cortical thickness; healthy adolescents; impulsiveness; superior frontal cortex; trait

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTUAL REASONING; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84876673330     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.56     Document Type: Article

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