Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Caudate Nuclei in Depression: Preliminary Observations

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 553-557

  Krishnan, K Ranga Rama ^a   McDonald, William M ^a   Escalona, P Rodrigo ^a   Doraiswamy, P Murali ^a   Na, Chul ^a   Husain, Mustafa M ^b   Figiel, Gary S ^c   Boyko, Orest B ^a   Ellinwood, Everett H ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026780268     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1992.01820070047007     Document Type: Article

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