Abnormal functional architecture of amygdala-centered networks in adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1120-1135

  Aghajani, Moji ^a,b   Veer, Ilya M ^c   van Hoof, Marie José ^a,b,d   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^a,b   van der Wee, Nic J ^a,b   Vermeiren, Robert R J M ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Psychotraumacenter and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry GGZ Kinderen en Jeugd Rivierduinen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Amygdala; Grey matter; Intrinsic functional connectivity; PTSD

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN SIZE; CENTROMEDIAL AMYGDALA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; DRUG USE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPLICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84958150272     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23093     Document Type: Article

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