Low performance in attention testing is associated with reduced grey matter density of the left inferior frontal gyrus in euthyroid patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-37

  Leyhe, Thomas ^a   Ethofer, Thomas ^a   Bretscher, Johannes ^a   Künle, Andreas ^a   Säuberlich, Anna Laura ^a   Klein, Reinhild ^a   Gallwitz, Baptist ^a   Häring, Hans Ulrich ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas ^a   Klingberg, Stefan ^a   Saur, Ralf ^a   Müssig, Karsten ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Left inferior frontal gyrus; Neuropsychological testing; Thyroid disease; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LEFT INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPERCULUM (BRAIN); PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870737625     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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