The ages of anxiety - Differences across the lifespan in the default mode network functional connectivity in generalized anxiety disorder

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 704-712

  Andreescu, Carmen ^a   Sheu, Lei K ^a   Tudorascu, Dana ^a,b   Walker, Sarah ^a   Aizenstein, Howard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

age effect; duration of illness; functional connectivity; generalized anxiety disorder; resting state; worry severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84902282685     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4051     Document Type: Article

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