No brain structure abnormalities in boys with Tourette's syndrome: A voxel-based morphometry study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2398-2403

  Roessner, Veit ^a,b   Overlack, Sebastian ^b   Baudewig, Juergen ^b   Dechent, Peter ^b   Rothenberger, Aribert ^b   Helms, Gunther ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child neurology; Child psychiatry; MRI; Tics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIC; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 73949083505     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22847     Document Type: Article

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