Amygdala volumetric change following psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 312-318

  Laugharne, Jonathan ^a   Kullack, Claire ^a   Lee, Christopher W ^b   McGuire, Tracy ^b   Brockman, Simone ^a   Drummond, Peter D ^b   Starkstein, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84992497917     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16010006     Document Type: Article

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