Neuroanatomy is a study focusing on the anatomy and stereotyped organization of nervous system. The first major advances in this branch of neuroscience has begun to emerge after the development of brain imaging technologies; reducing the invasiveness and increasing the accuracy.
Prefrontal cortex (PFC)
This part of the brain is responsible for complex cognitive and executive functions – personality expression, decision making, social behavior. However, traumas such as lesions and disease can compromise the capacity and leading violent and reactive aggression. 49,44
PET (positron emission tomography) scans of individual with such antisocial behavior have shown a decrease in activity of the PFC.6,37,51,52,36 What further supports this “cause-and-effect”
Prefrontal cortex (PFC)
This part of the brain is responsible for complex cognitive and executive functions – personality expression, decision making, social behavior. However, traumas such as lesions and disease can compromise the capacity and leading violent and reactive aggression. 49,44
PET (positron emission tomography) scans of individual with such antisocial behavior have shown a decrease in activity of the PFC.6,37,51,52,36 What further supports this “cause-and-effect”