Voxel-based morphometric gray matter correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-419

  Weber, Mareen ^a   Killgore, William D S ^a   Rosso, Isabelle M ^a   Britton, Jennifer C ^b   Schwab, Zachary J ^a   Weiner, Melissa R ^c   Simon, Naomi M ^d   Pollack, Mark H ^d   Rauch, Scott L ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Chronic post traumatic stress disorder; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879793804     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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