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Gao, Y, Staginnus, M & ENIGMA-Antisocial Behavior Working Group 2024, 'Cortical structure and subcortical volumes in conduct disorder: A coordinated analysis of 15 international cohorts from the ENIGMA Antisocial Behavior working group', The Lancet Psychiatry, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 620-632. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00187-1
De Brito, SA, Forth, AE, Baskin-Sommers, AR, Brazil, IA, Kimonis, ER, Pardini, D, Frick, PJ, Blair, RJR & Viding, E 2021, 'Psychopathy', Nature Reviews Disease Primers, vol. 7, no. 1, 49, pp. 49. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-021-00282-1
Diaconu, B, Kohls, G, Rogers, JC, Pauli, R, Cornwell, H, Bernhard, A, Martinelli, A, Ackermann, K, Fann, N, Fernandez-Rivas, A, Gonzalez-Torres, MA, Gonzalez de Artaza-Lavesa, M, Hervas, A, Stadler, C, Konrad, K, Freitag, CM, Fairchild, G, Rotshtein, P & De Brito, SA 2023, 'Emotion processing in maltreated boys and girls: evidence for latent vulnerability', European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-02132-1
Todorov, J, Devine, RT & De Brito, S 2023, 'Association between childhood maltreatment and callous-unemotional traits in youth: a meta-analysis', Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, vol. 146, 105049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105049
Fairchild, G, Hawes, D, Frick, P, Copeland, W, Odgers, C, Franke, B, Freitag, C & De Brito, S 2019, 'Conduct disorder', Nature Reviews Disease Primers, vol. 5, no. 1, 43 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0095-y
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Elster, EM, Pauli, R, Fairchild, G, McDonald, M, Baumann, S, Sidlauskaite, J, De Brito, S, Freitag, CM, Konrad, K, Roessner, V, Brazil, IA, Lockwood, PL & Kohls, G 2025, 'Altered Neural Responses to Punishment Learning in Conduct Disorder', Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.01.003
Bacher, J, von Planta, B, Bernhard, A, Fairchild, G, Jansen, L, De Brito, SA, Freitag, CM, Konrad, K, Stadler, C, Kohls, G & Unternaehrer, E 2025, 'Beyond hostility: exploring facial emotion recognition biases in youths with conduct disorder', European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02846-y
De Brito, SA, Rogers, JC, Pauli, R, Kohls, G, Raschle, NM, Martinelli, A, Smaragdi, A, Gonzalez-Madruga, K, Cornwell, H, Stadler, C, Konrad, K, Freitag, CM & Fairchild, G 2025, 'Brain Responses During Face Processing in Conduct Disorder: Considering Sex and Callous-Unemotional Traits', Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.04.023
Pauli, R, Brazil, I, Kohls, G, Hauser, TU, Gistelinck, L, Dikeos, D, Dochnal, R, Fairchild, G, Fernández-Rivas, A, Herpertz-Dahlmann, B, Hervas, A, Konrad, K, Popma, A, Stadler, C, Freitag, CM, De Brito, SA & Lockwood, PL 2025, 'Conduct disorder is associated with heightened action initiation and reduced learning from punishment but not reward', Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.03.005
Kohls, G, Elster, EM, Tino, P, Fairchild, G, Stadler, C, Popma, A, Freitag, CM, De Brito, S, Konrad, K & Pauli, R 2025, 'Machine learning reveals sex differences in distinguishing between conduct-disordered and neurotypical youth based on emotion processing dysfunction', BMC Psychiatry, vol. 25, no. 1, 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06536-6
Eaton, S, Cornwell, H, Rogers, J, De Brito, S, Toschi, N, Stadler, C, Raschle, N, Konrad, K, Kohls, G, Smaragdi, A, Gonzalez-Madruga, K, Oosterling, M, Martinelli, A, Bernhard, A, Freitag, CM, Hamilton-Giachritsis, C & Fairchild, G 2025, 'Neural activation during processing of emotional faces as a function of resilience in adolescents', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02703-y
Kohls, G, Bernhard, A, Fairchild, G, Stadler, C, Jansen, L, De Brito, SA, Roessner, V, Freitag, CM, Konrad, K & Elster, EM 2025, 'Psychopathy traits and their link to emotion recognition impairments in conduct disorder', JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.70055
ENIGMA Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety, ADHD, and MDD Working Groups 2025, 'Shared and distinct alterations in brain structure of youth with internalizing or externalizing disorders: Findings from the ENIGMA Antisocial Behavior, ADHD, MDD, and Anxiety Working Groups', Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.08.003
Townend, S, Staginnus, M, Rogers, J, Smaragdi, A, Martinelli, A, Bernhard, A, Raschle, NM, Kohls, G, Konrad, K, Stadler, C, Freitag, CM, Walton, E, De Brito, SA & Fairchild, G 2025, 'Testing the ecophenotype hypothesis: Differences in white matter microstructure in youth with conduct disorder with versus without a history of childhood abuse', Development and Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425000367
Chester, SC, Rogers, JC, Ogawa, T, Terao, M, Nakai, R, Abe, N & De Brito, SA 2025, 'White Matter Correlates of Psychopathic Traits in a Japanese Community Sample: Sex Matters!', European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 62, no. 1, e70177. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70177
Koerner, S, Staginnus, M, Cornwell, H, Smaragdi, A, González-Madruga, K, Pauli, R, Rogers, JC, Gao, Y, Chester, S, Townend, S, Bernhard, A, Martinelli, A, Kohls, G, Raschle, NM, Konrad, K, Stadler, C, Freitag, CM, De Brito, SA & Fairchild, G 2024, 'Does the Relationship between Age and Brain Structure Differ in Youth with Conduct Disorder?', Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 1135-1146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01178-w
Cornwell, H, Toschi, N, Hamilton-Giachritsis, C, Staginnus, M, Smaragdi, A, Gonzalez-Madruga, K, Mackes, N, Rogers, J, Martinelli, A, Kohls, G, Raschle, NM, Konrad, K, Stadler, C, Freitag, CM, De Brito, SA & Fairchild, G 2024, 'Identifying cortical structure markers of resilience to adversity in young people using surface-based morphometry', Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 19, no. 1, nsae006. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsae006
Elster, E, Pauli, R, Baumann, S, De Brito, S, Fairchild, G, Freitag, CM, Konrad, K, Roessner, V, Brazil, IA, Lockwood, P & Kohls, G 2024, 'Impaired Punishment Learning in Conduct Disorder', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 454-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.05.032
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Dugré, JR & De Brito, SA 2025, 'Mapping the Psychopathic Brain: Divergent Neuroimaging Findings converge onto a Common Brain Network', Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106272
Viding, E, McCrory, E, Baskin-Sommers, A, De Brito, S & Frick, P 2024, 'An ‘embedded brain’ approach to understanding antisocial behaviour', Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 159-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.013
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