Brain structural changes as vulnerability factors and acquired signs of post-earthquake stress

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 618-623

  Sekiguchi, A ^a   Sugiura, M ^a   Taki, Y ^a   Kotozaki, Y ^a   Nouchi, R ^a,b   Takeuchi, H ^a   Araki, T ^a   Hanawa, S ^a   Nakagawa, S ^a   Miyauchi, C M ^a   Sakuma, A ^a,c   Kawashima, R ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acquired sign; brain structure; disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; voxel based morphometry; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BRAIN; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876695116     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.51     Document Type: Article

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