FRONTAL CSF ENLARGEMENT IN PANIC DISORDER - A QUALITATIVE CT-SCAN STUDY

Authors
WURTHMANN C BOGERTS B GREGOR J BAUMANN B EFFENBERGER O DOHRING W
Citation
C. Wurthmann et al., FRONTAL CSF ENLARGEMENT IN PANIC DISORDER - A QUALITATIVE CT-SCAN STUDY, PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING, 76(2-3), 1997, pp. 83-87
Citations number
12
Journal title
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING → ACNP
ISSN journal
09254927
Volume
76
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
83 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-4927(1997)76:2-3<83:FCEIPD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Brain morphology was assessed qualitatively in CT scans of 21 patients with panic disorder and 21 normal control subjects. Patients showed s ignificant bilateral enlargement of frontal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces. These findings suggest that alterations in brain morphology ar e involved in the etiology of panic disorder. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scienc e Ireland Ltd.