Neuroanatomical correlates of suicide in psychosis: the possible role of von Economo neurons.

Suicide is the most important incident in psychiatric disorders. Psychological pain and empathy to pain involves a neural network that involves the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the anterior insula (AI). At the neuronal level, little is known about how complex emotions such as shame, guilt, se...

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Main Authors: Martin Brüne, Andreas Schöbel, Ramona Karau, Pedro M Faustmann, Rolf Dermietzel, Georg Juckel, Elisabeth Petrasch-Parwez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3120769?pdf=render