Neurostructural correlates of two subtypes of specific phobia: A voxel-based morphometry study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-175

  Hilbert, Kevin ^a   Evens, Ricarda ^a   Isabel Maslowski, Nina ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Lueken, Ulrike ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; MRI; Neuroimaging; Specific phobia; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN; CALCARINE SULCUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL FEAR SURVEY; DENTAL PHOBIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SNAKE; SNAKE PHOBIA; SNAKE QUESTIONNAIRE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922876096     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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