A magnetic resonance imaging study of cortical thickness in animal phobia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 946-952

  Rauch, Scott L ^a   Wright, Christopher I ^a   Martis, Brian ^b   Busa, Evelina ^a   McMullin, Katherine G ^a   Shin, Lisa M ^a,c   Dale, Anders M ^a   Fischl, Bruce ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cingulate cortex; Insula; Neuroimaging; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 1942488362     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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