Amygdala and hippocampus volumetry and diffusivity in relation to dreaming

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1458-1470

  De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Cipolli, Carlo ^b   Cherubini, Andrea ^c   Assogna, Francesca ^c   Cacciari, Claudia ^c   Marzano, Cristina ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^d   Ferrara, Michele ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^c,e   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dreaming; DTI; Hippocampus; MRI; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DREAMING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DREAMS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051576396     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21120     Document Type: Article

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