Neuroimaging findings in disruptive behavior disorders

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 369-381

  Baker, Rosalind H ^a   Clanton, Roberta L ^a   Rogers, Jack C ^a   De Brito, Stéphane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; callous unemotional traits; conduct disorder; conduct problems; diffusion tensor imaging; disruptive behavior disorders; fMRI; sex differences; surface based morphometry; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; DECISION MAKING; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MORALS;

EID: 84938741123     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852914000789     Document Type: Review

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