Structural neuroimaging in patients with Panic disorder: Findings and limitations of Recent studies

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-114

  Del Casale, Antonio ^a   Serata, Daniele ^a,b   Rapinesi, Chiara ^a,b   Kotzalidis, Georgios D ^a   Angeletti, Gloria ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Suore Ospedaliere of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Panic attack disorder; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; BRAIN STEM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INSULA; NEUROIMAGING; PANIC; PEER REVIEW; PONS; PUTAMEN; REVIEW;

BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 84881124940     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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