The effects of the catechol-O-methyltransferase val158met polymorphism on white matter connectivity in patients with panic disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 64-71

  Kim, Borah ^a   Yoo, Eunhye ^a   Lee, Jun Yeob ^a   Lee, Kang Soo ^a   Choe, Ah Young ^a   Lee, Ji Eun ^a   Kwack, Kyubum ^a   Yook, Ki Hwan ^a   Choi, Tai Kiu ^a   Lee, Sang Hyuk ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

COMT val158met polymorphism; Panic disorder; Posterior thalamic radiation; Thalamus; White matter

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; PAROXETINE;

ADULT; ALBANY PANIC AND PHOBIA QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INVENTORY REVISED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER SEVERITY SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STRATUM CORNEUM; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875371372     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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