Structural brain aberrations associated with the dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 232-240

  Daniels, J K ^a   Frewen, P ^b   Theberge, J ^b   Lanius, R A ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Grey matter; Post traumatic stress disorder; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEREALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT CODING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; BRAIN; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84957437222     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12464     Document Type: Article

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