Amygdala volume in combat-exposed veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: A cross-sectional study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1080-1086

  Kuo, Janice R ^a   Kaloupek, Danny G ^b   Woodward, Steven H ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CALIFORNIA; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84867056202     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.73     Document Type: Article

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