Abnormal grey matter in victims of rape with PTSD in Mainland China: A voxel-based morphometry study

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Sui, Shuang Ge ^a   Wu, Ming Xiang ^b   King, Mark E ^c   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ling, Li ^c   Xu, Jian Min ^b   Weng, Xu Chu ^d   Duan, Lian ^a   Shan, Bao Ci ^e   Li, Ling Jiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; MRI; Post traumatic stress disorder; Rape; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAPE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 77951949351     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2010.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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