Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5845495 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Patients with panic disorder have smaller pituitary volume than healthy controls. ⺠Patients with longer illness duration have a smaller pituitary volume. ⺠The reduced pituitary volume is more pronounced in patients with agoraphobia.
Keywords
ACTHRPVAgoraphobiaCRHANCOVAhptDSTTSHhypothalamus-pituitary-thyroidICVOCDPanic disorderobsessive-compulsive disordertrhanalysis of covarianceanalysis of varianceANOVAdexamethasone suppression testMagnetic resonance imagingintracranial volumeSTAIState-Trait Anxiety InventoryHPA axisHPAPASThyrotropin releasing hormonecorticotropin-releasing hormonehypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
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Authors
Sukru Kartalci, Metin Dogan, Suheyla Unal, A. Cemal Ozcan, Serdal Ozdemir, Murad Atmaca,