Impaired spatial navigation in pediatric anxiety

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1227-1234

  Mueller, Sven C ^a   Temple, Veronica ^a   Cornwell, Brian ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Ernst, Monique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Hippocampus; Pediatric; Spatial navigation; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; PEDIATRICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 70449580636     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02112.x     Document Type: Article

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