Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 2 , Pages 147-157 , 28 February 2008

Abnormal N-acetylaspartate in hippocampus and anterior cingulate in posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Norbert Schuff

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. DVA Medical Center, 4150 Clement St. 114M, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. Tel.: +1 415 221 4810x4904; fax: +1 415 668 2864.
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  • Thomas C. Neylan

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Sabrina Fox-Bosetti

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Maryanne Lenoci

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Kristin W. Samuelson

      Affiliations

    • California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Colin Studholme

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • John Kornak

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Charles R. Marmar

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Michael W. Weiner

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 29 November 2006 ,Revised 23 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.04.011

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 2 , Pages 147-157 , 28 February 2008

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