Resilience after 3/11: structural brain changes 1 year after the Japanese earthquake.
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SUBMITTER: Sekiguchi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4419148 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
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Resilience after 3/11: structural brain changes 1 year after the Japanese earthquake.
Sekiguchi A A Kotozaki Y Y Sugiura M M Nouchi R R Takeuchi H H Hanawa S S Nakagawa S S Miyauchi C M CM Araki T T Sakuma A A Taki Y Y Kawashima R R
Molecular psychiatry 20140429 5
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