Hippocampal and amygdalar volumetric differences in pathological gambling: A preliminary study of the associations with the behavioral inhibition system

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 738-745

  Rahman, Ardeshir S ^a   Xu, Jiansong ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; behavioral activation; behavioral inhibition; brain volume; hippocampus; pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892674735     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.260     Document Type: Article

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