Smaller global and regional cortical volume in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1373-1382

  Woodward, Steven H ^a   Schaer, Marie ^b,c   Kaloupek, Danny G ^a,d,e   Cediel, Lucia ^b   Eliez, Stephan ^b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPORAL LOBE; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 73149106793     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.160     Document Type: Article

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