Decreased choline and creatine concentrations in centrum semiovale in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: Relationship to IQ and early trauma

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-39

  Coplan, Jeremy D ^a,b   Mathew, Sanjay J ^c   Mao, Xiangling ^d   Smith, Eric L P ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Coplan, Paul M ^e   Rosenblum, Leonard A ^a   Gorman, Jack M ^c   Shungu, Dikoma C ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR MICROBICIDES   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrum semiovale (CSO); Choline (CHO); Creatine (CR); Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); Intelligence quotient (IQ); Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ); Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (1H MRSI); White matter (WM)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CREATINE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33746215060     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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