Researchers explore the neuropathological reasons that lead to the perpetration of child maltreatment by maltreating mothers (IMAGE)

University of Fukui

Researchers explore the neuropathological reasons that lead to the perpetration of child maltreatment by maltreating mothers

Caption

Maltreating mothers show distinct features in diffusion tensor imaging. The images above depict the voxelwise tract-based spatial statistics of whole-brain of maltreating mothers. The right cortico-spinal tract exhibited reduced axial diffusivity (marked in red) and a trend toward reduced fractional anisotropy (marked in blue) in maltreating mothers compared to control mothers, hinting at a possible neurophysiological origin of such behaviors in maltreating mothers.

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Sawa Kurata from University of Fukui

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