Reduced cortical surface area in adolescents with conduct disorder

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 909-917

  Sarkar, Sagari ^a   Daly, Eileen ^a   Feng, Yue ^a   Ecker, Christine ^a   Craig, Michael C ^a,b   Harding, Duncan ^a   Deeley, Quinton ^a   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain anatomy; Conduct disorder; Cortical thickness; Cortical volume; Surface area; Surface based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SURFACE AREA; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CORTICAL VOLUME; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938746619     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0639-3     Document Type: Article

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