Mediation of the relationship between callous-unemotional traits and proactive aggression by amygdala response to fear among children with conduct problems

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 627-636

  Lozier, Leah M ^a   Cardinale, Elise M ^b   Van Meter, John W ^a   Marsh, Abigail A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERSONALITY; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 84902181513     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4540     Document Type: Article

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