The role of neuroimaging for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-356

  Paulus, Martin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 42949165882     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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