Distinct structural neural patterns of trait physical and social anhedonia: Evidence from cortical thickness, subcortical volumes and inter-regional correlations

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 184-191

  Wang, Yi ^a   Deng, Yi ^a,b   Fung, Germaine ^a   Liu, Wen Hua ^c   Wei, Xin Hua ^d   Jiang, Xin Qing ^d   Lui, Simon S Y ^e   Cheung, Eric F C ^e   Chan, Raymond C K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Inferior parietal gyrus; Pallidum; Social interaction; Superior frontal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL ANHEDONIA SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ANHEDONIA SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBCORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANHEDONIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935427941     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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