White matter integrity alterations in first episode, treatment-naive generalized anxiety disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 196-201

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Li, Lingjiang ^a,d   Yu, Rongjun ^b   Liu, Jun ^a   Tang, Jinsong ^a   Tan, Liwen ^a   Liao, Mei ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Shan, Baoci ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Diffusion tensor imaging; Generalized anxiety disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877707176     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.060     Document Type: Article

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