Reduced Cortical Inhibition in Violent Offenders: A Study with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | Zendy

Florence Philipp-Wiegmann | Zendy; Michael Rösler | Zendy; Konstanze D. Römer | Zendy; Marc Schneider | Zendy; Sibylle Baumgart | Zendy; Wolfgang Retz | Zendy

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Reduced Cortical Inhibition in Violent Offenders: A Study with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Author(s) -

Florence Philipp-Wiegmann,

Michael Rösler,

Konstanze D. Römer,

Marc Schneider,

Sibylle Baumgart,

Wolfgang Retz

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

neuropsychobiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.71

H-Index - 83

eISSN - 1423-0224

pISSN - 0302-282X

DOI - 10.1159/000326694

Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , psychology , aggression , neuroscience , motor cortex , poison control , facilitation , dorsolateral prefrontal cortex , stimulation , audiology , developmental psychology , prefrontal cortex , cognition , medicine , environmental health

Aggression and violent behaviour are often regarded as a threat to society. Therefore, understanding violent behaviour has high social relevance. We performed a study with transcranial magnetic stimulation on a sample of violent offenders in order to measure cortical inhibition in the motor neuron system that is part of the frontal cortex.

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