Frontal and striatal alterations associated with psychopathic traits in adolescents

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 333-340

  Yang, Yaling ^a   Narr, Katherine L ^b   Baker, Laura A ^c   Joshi, Shantanu H ^b   Jahanshad, Neda ^c   Raine, Adrian ^d   Thompson, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental; MRI; Putamen; Tensor based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PUTAMEN; REWARD; SENSATION SEEKING; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TENSOR BASED MORPHOMETRY; UNITED STATES; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FRONTAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PUTAMEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84930377866     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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