More vulnerability of left than right hippocampal damage in right-handed patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-244

  Shu, Xi Ji ^a   Xue, Li ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Chen, Fu Yin ^c   Zhu, Cheng ^c,e   Sun, Xiao Hai ^c   Wang, Xiao Ping ^d   Liu, Zhong Cun ^d   Zhao, Hu ^b  

^a JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HANGZHOU SEVENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; MRI; Post traumatic stress disorder; Proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84878151001     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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