Insular volume reduction in patients with social anxiety disorder

Insular volume reduction in patients with social anxiety disorder

Despite the fact that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is highly prevalent, there have been only a few structural imaging studies. Moreover, most of them reported about a volume reduction in amygdala which plays a key role in the neural function of SAD. Insula is another region of interest. Its hyperac...

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Main Authors: Akiko eKawaguchi, Kiyotaka eNemoto, Shutaro eNakaaki, Takatsune eKawaguchi, Hirohito eKan, Nobuyuki eArai, Nao eShiraishi, Nobuhiko eHashimoto, Tatsuo eAkechi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
voxel-based morphometry
insula
social phobia
Social Anxiety Disorder
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00003/full

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