White matter integrity and its relationship to PTSD and childhood trauma - A systematic review and meta-analysis

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-216

  Daniels, Judith K ^a   Lamke, Jan Peter ^a   Gaebler, Michael ^a   Walter, Henrik ^a   Scheel, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

childhood maltreatment; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; posttraumatic stress disorder; white matter

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84874947356     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22044     Document Type: Review

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