Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 87-90 , 15 October 2007

Persistent regional frontotemporal hypoactivity in violent offenders at follow-up

  • Henrik Anckarsäter

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Psychiatric Clinic, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Forensic Psychiatric Clinic, Malmö University Hospital, Sege Park 8A, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden. Tel.: +46 40 334031; fax: +46 40 334127.
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  • Stefan Piechnik

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
    • Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oxford University, UK
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  • Mats Tullberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
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  • Doerthe Ziegelitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
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  • Maria Sörman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Göteborg, The National Board of Forensic Medicine, Sweden
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  • Johan Bjellvi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
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  • Erik Karlsson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
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  • Nicolas Vicencio Fernandez

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Psychiatric Clinic, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden
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  • Carsten Wikkelso

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
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  • Anders Forsman

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
    • Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Göteborg, The National Board of Forensic Medicine, Sweden

Received 4 May 2006 ,Revised 29 November 2006 ,Accepted 26 December 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00006-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.12.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 87-90 , 15 October 2007