Alexithymia is related to differences in gray matter volume: A voxel-based morphometry study

Brain Research

Volumn 1491, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-67

  Ihme, Klas ^a   Dannlowski, Udo ^b,c   Lichev, Vladimir ^a   Stuhrmann, Anja ^b   Grotegerd, Dominik ^b   Rosenberg, Nicole ^a   Kugel, Harald ^b   Heindel, Walter ^b   Arolt, Volker ^b   Kersting, Anette ^a   Suslow, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Anterior insula; Fusiform gyrus; Middle temporal gyrus; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGING; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84874018182     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.10.044     Document Type: Article

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