Structural changes in the brain of patients with bipolar affective disorder by MRI: A review of the literature

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1323-1337

  Norris, Shannon D ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga Rama ^a   Ahearn, Eileen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective; Bipolar disorder; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Manic depression; Morphometry; Neuroimaging; Subcortical hyperintensities; Temporal lobe; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031471025     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(97)00167-X     Document Type: Article

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