Brain changes in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and associated alcoholism: MRI based study

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-83

  Starčević, Ana ^a,b   Dimitrijević, Ivan ^a,c   Aksić, Milan ^a,b   Stijak, Lazar ^a,b   Radonjić, Vidosava ^a,b   Aleksić, Dubravka ^a,b   Filipović, Branislav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Anatomy Niko Miljani   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brain; Hippocampus; MRI; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME;

EID: 84924231579     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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