Spider phobia is associated with decreased left amygdala volume: A cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fisler, Melanie S ^a   Federspiel, Andrea ^a   Horn, Helge ^a   Dierks, Thomas ^a   Schmitt, Wolfgang ^a   Wiest, Roland ^a   de Quervain, Dominique J F ^b   Soravia, Leila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Morphology; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISGUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOBIA; SPIDER PHOBIA;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874201884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-70     Document Type: Article

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