Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 206-211 , 30 September 2009

Gender difference in relationship between anxiety-related personality traits and cerebral brain glucose metabolism

  • Yuko Hakamata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Education, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan.
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  • Mikio Iwase

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital and Nagoya PET Imaging Center, Nagoya, Japan
    • Diagnostic Imaging Center, Koseikai Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan.
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  • Hiroshi Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital and Nagoya PET Imaging Center, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Toshiki Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital and Nagoya PET Imaging Center, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Tsuneo Tamaki

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital and Nagoya PET Imaging Center, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Masami Nishio

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital and Nagoya PET Imaging Center, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Matsuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saitama Medical School, Iruma, Japan
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  • Norio Ozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Toshiya Inada

      Affiliations

    • Seiwa Hospital, Institute of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Seiwa Hospital, Institute of Neuropsychiatry, 91 Benten-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0851, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3260 9171; fax: +81 3 3235 0961.

Received 8 October 2007 ,Revised 23 July 2008 ,Accepted 2 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.10.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 206-211 , 30 September 2009

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