Study of the hippocampus and the anterior cingulate gyrus by proton MR spectroscopy in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-164

  Guo, Min ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Guo, Jun Cheng ^a   Lu, Chuan Zhu ^b   Jiang, Xiang Ling ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Li, Min ^a   Song, Wei ^a  

^a HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate gyrus; Hippocampus; Late life depression; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CHINA; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855311742     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60017-0     Document Type: Article

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