Parietal abnormalities are related to avoidance in social anxiety disorder: A study using voxel-based morphometry and manual volumetry

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 175-183

  Irle, Eva ^a   Barke, Antonia ^a   Lange, Claudia ^a   Ruhleder, Mirjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inferior parietal cortex; Precuneus; Premotor cortex; Social avoidance; Social phobia; Structural magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VOLUMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935417583     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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