Is subcortical disease associated with a poor response to antidepressants? Neurological, neuropsychological and neuroradiological findings in late-life depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1015-1026

  Simpson, S ^a   Baldwin, R C ^b   Jackson, A ^b   Burns, A S ^b  

^a Forston Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; LOFEPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETICULAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031692034     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179800693X     Document Type: Article

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