Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 140-143 , 30 August 2010

No volumetric differences in the anterior cingulate of psychopathic individuals

  • Andrea L. Glenn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3809 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 3720 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel.: +1 215 746 4390; fax: +1 215 746 4239.
    • ,
  • Yaling Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, 635 Charles Young Drive South, Suite 225, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • ,
  • Adrian Raine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3809 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, 3809 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3809 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Patrick Colletti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1969 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA

Received 30 October 2009 ,Revised 16 March 2010 ,Accepted 16 May 2010.

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PII: S0925-4927(10)00188-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 140-143 , 30 August 2010

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