Citation

Toivonen P, Kononen M, Niskanen E, Vaurio O, Repo-Tiihonen E, Seppänen A, Aronen HJ, Vanninen R, Tiihonen J, Laakso MP. Br. J. Psychiatry 2013; 203(2): 152-153.

Affiliation

Päivi Toivonen, MD, Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland; Mervi Könönen, MSc, Eini Niskanen, MSc, Department of Clinical Radiology, Department of Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Olli Vaurio, MD, Eila Repo-Tiihonen, MD, PhD, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Allan Seppänen, MD, PhD, Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland; Hannu J. Aronen, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Ritva Vanninen, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Jari Tiihonen, MD, PhD, Niuvaniemi Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Mikko P. Laakso, MD, PhD, Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland, and Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123844

PMID

23908342

Abstract

The presence of cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) has been reported to be a neurodevelopmental marker of psychopathy. We scanned 26 violent offenders and 25 controls; 2 offenders and 2 controls had CSP (8% in both groups). Thus, the presence of CSP is not a common or a unique feature of antisocial personality disorder or psychopathy.

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