Biological Psychiatry
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 182-185 , 15 January 2010

Reduced Orbitofrontal and Parietal Gray Matter in Chronic Insomnia: A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study

  • Ellemarije Altena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sleep & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ellemarije Altena, M.Sc., Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Sleep and Cognition, Meibergdreef 47 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Hugo Vrenken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Medical Technology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sleep & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Odile A. van den Heuvel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eus J.W. Van Someren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sleep & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 16 October 2008 ,Revised 4 August 2009 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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PII: S0006-3223(09)00954-8

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.003

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 182-185 , 15 January 2010

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