Neuroanatomical substrates of late-life minor depression: A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 613-617

  Kumar, Anand ^a,b   Schweizer, Edward ^a   Zhisong, Jin ^a   Miller, David ^a   Bilker, Warren ^a   Swan, Laura Lee ^a   Gottlieb, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Section of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030913122     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550170085018     Document Type: Article

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