Cortical thickness, cortico-amygdalar networks, and externalizing behaviors in healthy children

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-72

  Ameis, Stephanie H ^a   Ducharme, Simon ^b   Albaugh, Matthew D ^c   Hudziak, James J ^c   Botteron, Kelly N ^d   Lepage, Claude ^b   Zhao, Lu ^b   Khundrakpam, Budhachandra ^b   Collins, D Louis ^b   Lerch, Jason P ^a   Wheeler, Anne ^e   Schachar, Russell ^a   Evans, Alan C ^b   Karama, Sherif ^b,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; cortical thickness; externalizing behavior; healthy children and adolescents; network; structural magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSIVENESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONCOMPLIANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; CORTICAL THICKNESS; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; HEALTHY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; NETWORK; STRUCTURAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84889578263     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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