White matter abnormalities in Gulf War veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 567-576

  Bierer, Linda M ^a,b   Ivanov, Iliyan ^a,b   Carpenter, David M ^a   Wong, Edmund W ^a   Golier, Julia A ^a,b   Tang, Cheuk Y ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulum bundle; Connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Gulf War veterans; PTSD; White matter

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VETERAN; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84920609233     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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