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Commentary
Cell Science Reviews Vol 6 No 1
ISSN 1742-8130 |
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Psychopathic, but not thick: Temporal and prefrontal gray matter thinning in psychopaths
Stéphane A. De Brito & Essi Viding
Developmental Risk & Resilience Unit, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London, UK.
Received 21st July © Cell Science 2009
Over the last decade, structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI) of the brain has helped us to better understand the neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathy. The June issue of Molecular Psychiatry featured the first sMRI study using cortical pattern-matching to examine cortical gray matter thickness in psychopathy. This commentary briefly discusses the methodological strength of this study and how its findings have contributed to the existing sMRI evidence base of psychopathy biomarkers.
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