Paralimbic gray matter reductions in incarcerated adolescent females with psychopathic traits

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 659-668

  Cope, Lora M ^a,b,e   Ermer, Elsa ^c   Nyalakanti, Prashanth K ^b   Calhoun, Vince D ^b,d   Kiehl, Kent A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MSC01 1070   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent females; Incarcerated offenders; Paralimbic structures; Psychopathic traits; Psychopathy Checklist Youth Version (PCL YV); Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFFENDER; PATHOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEW MEXICO; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898905067     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9810-4     Document Type: Article

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