White Matter Abnormalities in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Following a Specific Traumatic Event

EBioMedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-183

  Sweeney, John A ^a,d   Kuang, Weihong ^a,a   Li, Jin ^a,a   Bi, Feng ^a,a   Gong, Qiyong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mental disorders; Neuroimaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychoradiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84955155267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.01.012     Document Type: Article

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