Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Catalyst for the Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Reduced Cortical Thickness

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 363-371

  Wolf, Erika J ^a,f   Sadeh, Naomi ^a,f   Leritz, Elizabeth C ^b,c,d,g,h   Logue, Mark W ^e,i   Stoop, Tawni B ^j   McGlinchey, Regina ^c,d,h   Milberg, William ^c,d,h   Miller, Mark W ^a,f,g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b Neuroimaging for Veterans Research Center   (United States)

^c Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^d Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j VA Boston   (United States)

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Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Cortical thickness; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metabolic syndrome; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CALCARINE SULCUS; CENTRAL SULCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; WHOLE BODY MRI; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLIC DISEASES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84955617508     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.11.023     Document Type: Article

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