Midbrain volume increase in patients with panic disorder

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-373

  Fujiwara, Akiko ^a   Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Otsuka, Tatsui ^b   Hayano, Fumi ^a   Asami, Takeshi ^b   Narita, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Motoaki ^a   Inoue, Tomio ^a   Hirayasu, Yoshio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; midbrain; panic disorder; region of interest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 79959645813     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02219.x     Document Type: Article

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