Increased medial temporal lobe and striatal grey-matter volume in a rare disorder of androgen excess: A voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-457

  Mueller, Sven C ^a   Merke, Deborah P ^b   Leschek, Ellen W ^c   Fromm, Steven ^a   Vanryzin, Carol ^b   Ernst, Monique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; brain development; FMPP; precocious puberty; sex steroid

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SPIRONOLACTONE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TESTOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79960346947     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145710001136     Document Type: Article

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