Altered functional connectivity in the brain default-mode network of earthquake survivors persists after 2 years despite recovery from anxiety symptoms

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1497-1505

  Du, Ming Ying ^a   Liao, Wei ^b   Lui, Su ^a   Huang, Xiao Qi ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Kuang, Wei Hong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Chen, Hua Fu ^c   Kendrick, Keith Maurice ^a,c   Gong, Qi Yong ^a,d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Graph theory; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84947728288     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv040     Document Type: Article

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