Grey matter density changes of structures involved in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after recovery following Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 266, Issue , 2017, Pages 146-152

  Boukezzi, Sarah ^a   El Khoury Malhame, Myriam ^b   Auzias, Guillaume ^a,c   Reynaud, Emmanuelle ^a   Rousseau, Pierre François ^a   Richard, Emmanuel ^d   Zendjidjian, Xavier ^d   Roques, Jacques ^e   Castelli, Nathalie ^f   Correard, Nadia ^g   Guyon, Valérie ^d   Gellato, Caroline ^g   Samuelian, Jean Claude ^d   Cancel, Aida ^a,h   Comte, Magali ^a   Latinus, Marianne ^a   Guedj, Eric ^a,i,j   Khalfa, Stéphanie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^e Centre de Traitement des Traumatismes Psychiques de Montpellier   (France)

^f association EMDR   (France)

^g HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

ⁱ TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Aix Marseille University   (France)

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Author keywords

EMDR therapy; Longitudinal MRI; Neuroanatomy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021382100     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.06.009     Document Type: Article

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