Cerebral ventricular size in panic disorder

J Affect Disord. 1987 Mar-Apr;12(2):175-8. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(87)90011-5.

Abstract

Computed axial brain tomography was studied in 25 patients with panic disorder. Patients had normal ventricular-brain ratio (VBR) compared to published norms. There was a significant association between VBR and duration of benzodiazepine use.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Agoraphobia / pathology*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Ventricles / pathology*
  • Fear / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Panic / physiology*
  • Phobic Disorders / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed