Brain morphology of childhood aggressive behavior: A multi-informant study in school-age children

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 564-577

  Thijssen, Sandra ^a,b,c   Ringoot, Ank P ^b,c   Wildeboer, Andrea ^b,c,d   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^d   El Marroun, Hanan ^b,c   Hofman, Albert ^b   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^b,c   Tiemeier, Henning ^b,c   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a,d   White, Tonya ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood aggression; Default mode network; Multiple informant; Sensorimotor cortex; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84938749052     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-015-0344-9     Document Type: Article

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