Altered Microstructural Caudate Integrity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder but Not Traumatic Brain Injury

Dana Waltzman; Salil Soman; Nathan C. Hantke; J. Kaci Fairchild; Lisa M. Kinoshita; Max Wintermark; J. Wesson Ashford; Jerome Yesavage; Leanne Williams; Maheen M. Adamson; Ansgar J. Furst

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170564

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Altered Microstructural Caudate Integrity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder but Not Traumatic Brain Injury

Dana Waltzman ,

* E-mail: dana2@stanford.edu

Current address: Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, MC 151Y, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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Salil Soman,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States of America
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Nathan C. Hantke ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan C. Hantke, Maheen M. Adamson, Ansgar J. Furst

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America, Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America
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J. Kaci Fairchild,

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America, Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America
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Lisa M. Kinoshita,

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America, Psychology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America
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Max Wintermark,

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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J. Wesson Ashford,

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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Jerome Yesavage,

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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Leanne Williams,

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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Maheen M. Adamson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan C. Hantke, Maheen M. Adamson, Ansgar J. Furst

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America, Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America
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Ansgar J. Furst

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan C. Hantke, Maheen M. Adamson, Ansgar J. Furst

Affiliations War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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Altered Microstructural Caudate Integrity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder but Not Traumatic Brain Injury

Dana Waltzman,
Salil Soman,
Nathan C. Hantke,
J. Kaci Fairchild,
Lisa M. Kinoshita,
Max Wintermark,
J. Wesson Ashford,
Jerome Yesavage,
Leanne Williams,
Maheen M. Adamson

Published: January 23, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170564

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