Seasonality and pituitary volume

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-157

  Schwartz, Paul J ^a   Loe, Justin A ^a   Bash, Craig N ^b   Bove, Karen ^b   Turner, Erick H ^a   Frank, Joseph A ^b   Wehr, Thomas A ^a   Rosenthal, Norman E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Photoperiod; Reproduction; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030832420     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(97)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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