Gray matter abnormalities in patients with social anxiety disorder: A voxel-based morphometry study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 106-112

  Tükel, Raşit ^a   Aydin, Kubilay ^a   Yüksel, Çağri ^b   Ertekin, Erhan ^a   Koyuncu, Ahmet ^c   Taş, Cumhur ^d,e  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Private practice ^*  (Turkey)

^d USKUDAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gray matter volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Social anxiety disorder; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ANXIETY; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHOBIA; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948716527     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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