Neuroanatomical correlates of aggressiveness: a case-control voxel- and surface-based morphometric study.

ABSTRACT: Aggression occurs across the population ranging on a symptom continuum. Most previous studies have used magnetic resonance imaging in clinical/forensic samples, which is associated with several confounding factors. The present study examined structural brain characteristics in two healthy samples differing only in their propensity for aggressive behavior. Voxel- and surface-based morphometry (SBM) analyses were performed on 29 male martial artists and 32 age-matched male controls. Martial artists had significantly increased mean gray matter volume in two frontal (left superior frontal gyrus and bilateral anterior cingulate cortex) and one parietal (bilateral posterior cingulate gyrus and precuneus) brain clusters compared to controls (whole brain: p < 0.001, cluster level: family-wise erro

SUBMITTER: Seidenbecher S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10827843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature