Decreased gray matter volumes in the cingulo-frontal cortex and the amygdala in patients with fibromyalgia

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 566-573

  Burgmer, Markus ^a   Gaubitz, Markus ^a   Konrad, Carsten ^a   Wrenger, Marco ^a   Hilgart, Sebastian ^a   Heuft, Gereon ^a   Pfleiderer, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cingulo frontal cortex; Fibromyalgia; Pain; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FRONTAL LOBE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 67650388607     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a32da0     Document Type: Article

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