Single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy of right versus left hippocampi in PTSD

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Menon, P Mohanakrishnan ^c   Nasrallah, Henry A ^a,b   Lyons, Judith A ^a,b   Scott, Mertis F ^b   Liberto, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Creatine; Hippocampal dysfunction; N Acetyl aspartate (NAA); Neuronal loss; Proton MR spectroscopy (MRS)

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

EID: 0038691857     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(03)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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