Decreased uncinate fasciculus tract integrity in male and female patients with PTSD: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 331-342

  Koch, Saskia B J ^a,b,e   Van Zuiden, Mirjam ^a   Nawijn, Laura ^a,b   Frijling, Jessie L ^a,b   Veltman, Dick J ^c   Olff, Miranda ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DSM-IV; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL RECOGNITION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WHITE MATTER; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCIN; POLICE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WHITE MATTER; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 85028654805     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.160129     Document Type: Article

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