Linkage of functional and structural anomalies in the left amygdala of reactive-aggressive men

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 928-936

  Bobes, María A ^a   Ostrosky, Feggy ^b   Diaz, Karla ^b   Romero, Cesar ^b   Borja, Karina ^b   Santos, Yusniel ^a   Valdés Sosa, Mitchell ^a  

^a CUBAN NEUROSCIENCE CENTER   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear processing; FMRI; Reactive aggression; VBM; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEAR PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTIVE-AGGRESSION; VBM; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYGDALA; FEAR PROCESSING; FMRI; REACTIVE-AGGRESSION; VBM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888227668     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss101     Document Type: Article

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