Neuropsychological and neuroimaging evidence for the involvement of the frontal lobes in depression

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-122

  Goodwin, Guy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Major depression; Neuropsychology; PET; SPET

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN PERFUSION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AFFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030952816     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119701100204     Document Type: Article

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