Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 30 May 2008

Regional gray matter abnormalities in panic disorder: A voxel-based morphometry study

  • Ricardo R. Uchida

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Cristina M. Del-Ben

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Neurologia, Psiquiatria e Psicologia Médica – FMRP-USP, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, 14048-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Tel.: +55 16 3602 2768; fax: +55 16 3602 2544.
    • ,
  • Geraldo F. Busatto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fábio L.S. Duran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Francisco S. Guimarães

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • José A.S. Crippa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • David Araújo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Antonio C. Santos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Frederico G. Graeff

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Received 20 October 2006 ,Revised 5 January 2007 ,Accepted 23 April 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00097-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.04.015

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 30 May 2008

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