Reduced hippocampal and parahippocampal volumes in murderers with schizophreniaYaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Psychiatry Res 182:9-13. 2010
..Future studies examining subtle morphological changes in frontal and limbic structures in association with clinical and behavioral characteristics may help further clarify the neurobiological basis of violent behavior...
- Callosal thickness reductions relate to facial dysmorphology in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 36:798-806. 2012
..Furthermore, associations between facial dysmorphology and callosal structure remain undetermined...
- Disease and genetic contributions toward local tissue volume disturbances in schizophrenia: a tensor-based morphometry study
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 33:2081-91. 2012
..Thus, brain deformation profiles revealed in this study may help to clarify the role of specific genetic or environmental risk factors toward altered brain morphology in schizophrenia...
Morphological alterations in the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala in unsuccessful psychopathsYaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuroimaging, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 119:546-54. 2010
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- Abnormal structural correlates of response perseveration in individuals with psychopathy
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 23:107-10. 2011
..The findings provide preliminary evidence suggesting potential contributions of frontotemporal structural deficits in neurocognitive impairment with perseveration in individuals with psychopathy...
- Localization of deformations within the amygdala in individuals with psychopathy
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:986-94. 2009
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- Prefrontal structural and functional brain imaging findings in antisocial, violent, and psychopathic individuals: a meta-analysis
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Psychiatry Res 174:81-8. 2009
..Findings confirm the replicability of prefrontal structural and functional impairments in antisocial populations and highlight the involvement of orbitofrontal, dorsolateral frontal, and anterior cingulate cortex in antisocial behavior...
- Frontal information flow and connectivity in psychopathy
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 1721 Speyer Lane, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, CA 90278, USA
Br J Psychiatry 201:408-9. 2012
..Frontal information flow and connectivity may have a significant role in the neuropathology of psychopathy...
- Genetic and environmental influences on cortical thickness among 14-year-old twins
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Neuroreport 23:702-6. 2012
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- Mapping corticocortical structural integrity in schizophrenia and effects of genetic liability
Owen R Phillips
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 7334, USA
Biol Psychiatry 70:680-9. 2011
..However, the structural integrity of the superficial WM, comprising short-range association (U-fibers) and intracortical axons, has not been investigated in schizophrenia...
- Abnormal cortical thickness alterations in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and their relationships with facial dysmorphology
Yaling Yang
Laboratory of NeuroImaging LONI, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Cereb Cortex 22:1170-9. 2012
..Furthermore, the significant associations between thickness and dysmorphic measures suggest that the severity of brain anomalies may be reflected by that of the face...
- Localisation of increased prefrontal white matter in pathological liars
Yaling Yang
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and David Geffen School of Medicine, CA 90089 1061, USA
Br J Psychiatry 190:174-5. 2007
..This white matter increase may predispose some individuals to pathological lying...
- Brain abnormalities in antisocial individuals: implications for the law
Yaling Yang
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 1061, USA
Behav Sci Law 26:65-83. 2008
..It is argued that brain dysfunction is a risk factor for antisocial behavior and that it is likely that imaging will play an increasing (albeit limited) role in legal decision-making...
