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Heritable variations in gray matter concentration as a potential endophenotype for psychopathic traits.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Apr 2010
Rijsdijk Fruhling V, Rijsdijsk Fruhling V, Viding Essi, De Brito Stéphane, Forgiarini Matteo, Mechelli Andrea, Jones Alice P, McCrory Eamon
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CONTEXT: Genetic vulnerability to psychopathic traits is likely to also manifest at the neural level. We have recently reported increased gray matter concentration in several brain areas in boys with psychopathic traits. OBJECTIVE: To explore whether these gray matter concentration differences can be regarded as endophenotypes for psychopathic traits by (1) assessing their heritability and (2) examining the...
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