Abnormal N-acetylaspartate in hippocampus and anterior cingulate in posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-157

  Schuff, Norbert ^a,c   Neylan, Thomas C ^a,b   Fox Bosetti, Sabrina ^a   Lenoci, Maryanne ^a   Samuelson, Kristin W ^d   Studholme, Colin ^a,c   Kornak, John ^a,c   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain atrophy; Brain metabolites; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHMS; ASPARTIC ACID; ATROPHY; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CREATINE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SOFTWARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 38649114361     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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