MRI volume of the amygdala: A reliable method allowing separation from the hippocampal formation

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-123

  Convit, Antonio ^a,b   McHugh, Pauline ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a   De Leon, Mony J ^a,b   Bobinski, Maciek ^c   De Santi, Susan ^a   Roche, Alexandra ^a   Tsui, Wai ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Institute for Brain Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Method; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033606146     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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