Structural changes in the gray matter of unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A voxel-based morphometric study

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 642-648

  Tan, Ling ^a   Fan, Qing ^a   You, Chao ^a   Wang, Jijun ^a   Dong, Zhao ^b   Wang, Xuemei ^a   Chen, Kemin ^a   Xiao, Zeping ^a   Jiang, Kaida ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

gray matter; magnetic resonance imaging; obsessive compulsive disorder; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL GYRUS; PARS OPERCULARIS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885292818     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1370-7     Document Type: Article

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