Increased amygdalar and hippocampal volumes in young adults with social anxiety.

Increased amygdalar and hippocampal volumes in young adults with social anxiety.

BACKGROUND: Functional neuroimaging studies have consistently shown abnormal limbic activation patterns in socially anxious individuals, but structural data on the amygdala and hippocampus of these patients are scarce. This study explored the existence of structural differences in the whole brain, a...

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Main Authors: João Paulo Machado-de-Sousa, Flávia de Lima Osório, Andrea P Jackowski, Rodrigo A Bressan, Marcos H N Chagas, Nelson Torro-Alves, André L D Depaula, José A S Crippa, Jaime E C Hallak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3921212?pdf=render

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