Brain structure in post-traumatic stress disorder: A voxel-based morphometry analysis

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 8, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 2405-2414

  Tan, Li Wen ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Qi, Rong Feng ^b   Lu, Guang Ming ^b   Li, Ling Jiang ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Li, Wei Hui ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Follow ups; Grants supported paper; MRI; Neural regeneration; Neuroimaging; Neuroregeneration; Occipital lobe; Parietal lobe; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prefrontal lobe; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SURVIVOR; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84888350877     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.26.001     Document Type: Article

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