Alexithymia in healthy young men: A voxel-based morphometric study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1252-1256

  Heinzel, Alexander ^a   Minnerop, Martina ^b   Schäfer, Ralf ^a   Müller, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Franz, Matthias ^a   Hautzel, Hubertus ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anterior cingulate cortex; Emotion; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

20 ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STUDENT T TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857369238     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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