Fear conditioning, persistence of disruptive behavior and psychopathic traits: An fMRI study

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cohn, M D ^a   Popma, A ^a   Van Den Brink, W ^b   Pape, L E ^a   Kindt, M ^c   Van Domburgh, L ^a   Doreleijers, T A H ^a   Veltman, D J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisocial; Callous unemotional; Disruptive behavior disorders; Fear conditioning; FMRI; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINGULATE GYRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDUCT DISORDER; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886695312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.89     Document Type: Article

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