Mechanisms underlying fatigue: A voxel-based morphometric study of chronic fatigue syndrome

BMC Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Okada, Tomohisa ^a   Tanaka, Masaaki ^b   Kuratsune, Hirohiko ^c   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^b   Sadato, Norihiro ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; LEVACECARNINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 12944316322     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-4-14     Document Type: Article

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