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- Title
Brain pathology in pedophilic offenders: evidence of volume reduction in the right amygdala and related diencephalic structures.
- Authors
Schiltz, Kolja; Witzel, Joachim; Northoff, Georg; Zierhut, Kathrin; Gubka, Udo; Fellmann, Hermann; Kaufmann, Jörn; Tempelmann, Claus; Wiebking, Christine; Bogerts, Bernhard
- Abstract
Pedophilic crime causes considerable public concern, but no causative factor of pedophilia has yet been pinpointed. In the past, etiological theories postulated a major impact of the environment, but recent studies increasingly emphasize the role of neurobiological factors, as well. However, the role of alterations in brain structures that are crucial in the development of sexual behavior has not yet been systematically studied in pedophilic subjects.
- Publication
Archives of general psychiatry, 2007, Vol 64, Issue 6, p737
- ISSN
0003-990X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.64.6.737