Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed differences in the glutamate + glutamine/creatine ratio of the anterior cingulate cortex between healthy and pediatric post-traumatic stress disorder patients diagnosed after 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 782-790

  Yang, Zhi Yong ^a,b   Quan, Hong ^a   Peng, Zu Lai ^c   Zhong, Yang ^a   Tan, Zhi Jie ^a   Gong, Qi Yong ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; glutamate and glutamine; neuroimage; pediatric post traumatic stress disorder; proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REMISSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CINGULATE GYRUS; DISASTER; METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CREATINE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84940206701     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12332     Document Type: Article

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