Structural correlates of trait anxiety: Reduced thickness in medial orbitofrontal cortex accompanied by volume increase in nucleus accumbens

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Kühn, Simone ^a,b,d   Schubert, Florian ^c   Gallinat, Jürgen ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortical thickness; Fear conditioning; NAcc; Orbitofrontal cortex; Trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052434890     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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