Hippocampal/amygdala volumes in geriatric depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 629-638

  Ashtari, M ^b   Greenwald, Blaine S ^a   Kramer Ginsberg, E ^b   Hu, J ^b   Wu, H ^b   Patel, M ^b   Aupperle, P ^b   Pollack, S ^b  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0033022330     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799008405     Document Type: Article

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