Reduced cortical thickness with increased lifetime burden of PTSD in OEF/OIF Veterans and the impact of comorbid TBI

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 601-611

  Lindemer, Emily R ^a   Salat, David H ^a,b   Leritz, Elizabeth C ^a,b,d   McGlinchey, Regina E ^a,c   Milberg, William P ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Cortical thickness; Mild traumatic brain injury; Neuroimaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Whole brain analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84877868714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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