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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May-1
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Morphometric Brain Abnormalities in Boys with Conduct Disorder
Huebner, Thomas; Vloet, Timo D.; Marx, Ivo; Konrad, Kerstin; Fink, Gereon R.; Herpertz, Sabine C.; Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v47 n5 p540-547 May 2008
Conduct disorder (CD) is associated with antisocial personality behavior that violates the basic rights of others. Results, on examining the structural brain aberrations in boys' CD, show that boys with CD and cormobid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder showed abnormalities in frontolimbic areas that could contribute to antisocial development.
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Hyperactivity, Brain, Males, Attention Deficit Disorders, Neurological Impairments
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Language: English
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