Reduced cerebellar left hemisphere and vermal volume in adults with PTSD from a community sample

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1627-1633

  Baldaçara, Leonardo ^a,b   Jackowski, Andrea P ^a   Schoedl, Aline ^a   Pupo, Mariana ^a   Andreoli, Sergio B ^a   Mello, Marcelo F ^a   Lacerda, Acioly L T ^a   Mari, Jair J ^a   Bressan, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Early trauma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80355132098     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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