Amygdala volume changes in posttraumatic stress disorder in a large case-controlled veterans group

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1169-1178

  Morey, Rajendra A ^a,b,c,d   Gold, Andrea L ^e   LaBar, Kevin S ^a,b,c   Beall, Shannon K ^a,d   Brown, Vanessa M ^a,d   Haswell, Courtney C ^a,d   Nasser, Jessica D ^a,d   Wagner, H Ryan ^b,d   McCarthy, Gregory ^d,e  

^a Duke University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VETERAN; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMYGDALA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84868591752     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.50     Document Type: Article

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