Smaller amygdala volume and reduced anterior cingulate gray matter density associated with history of post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-216

  Rogers, Mark A ^a   Yamasue, Hidenori ^b   Abe, Osamu ^b   Yamada, Haruyasu ^b   Ohtani, Toshiyuki ^b   Iwanami, Akira ^c   Aoki, Shigeki ^b   Kato, Nobumasa ^c   Kasai, Kiyoto ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear extinction; MRI; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 71849098621     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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