ea0037ep1049 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2015
Quinque Eva Maria
, Karger Stefan
, Arelin Katrin
, Schroeter Matthias L
, Kratzsch Jurgen
, Villringer Arno
In the present study, we investigated neural alterations in newly diagnosed patients with mild hypothyroidism due to Hashimotos thyroiditis alongside mood and cognition as well as changes with treatment initiation. Animal studies and first studies of human brain metabolism using radioactive tracers suggest neural involvement in affective and cognitive symptoms of hypothyroidism. Here, we introduce non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that allow the an...