Prefrontal dysfunction and treatment response in geriatric depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 713-718

  Kalayam, Balu ^a,b   Alexopoulos, George S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESPONSE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032769179     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.8.713     Document Type: Article

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