Gray matter abnormalities in childhood maltreatment: A voxelwise metaanalysis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 854-863

  Lim, Lena ^a   Radua, Joaquim ^a   Rubia, Katya ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905454679     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13101427     Document Type: Article

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