Increased amygdala volumes in female and depressed humans. A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 103-106

  Tebartz Van Elst, L ^a,b   Woermann, F ^a   Lemieux, L ^a   Trimble, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Depression; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033999590     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00815-6     Document Type: Article

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