A structural MRI study of motor conversion disorder: Evidence of reduction in thalamic volume

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-229

  Nicholson, T R ^a   Aybek, S ^a   Kempton, M J ^a   Daly, E M ^a   Murphy, D G ^a   David, A S ^a   Kanaan, R A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS;

HYSTERIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MRI; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; THALAMUS;

EID: 84893442702     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305012     Document Type: Article

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