White matter abnormalities in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liao, Mei ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   He, Zhong ^a   Su, Linyan ^a   Li, Lingjiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Generalized anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84894518161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-41     Document Type: Article

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