MRI study of posterior fossa structures and brain ventricles in bipolar patients

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 313-322

  Brambilla, Paolo ^a,b   Harenski, Keith ^a   Nicoletti, Mark ^a   Mallinger, Alan G ^a,c   Frank, Ellen ^a,c   Kupfer, David J ^a,c   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a   Soares, Jair C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Brainstem; Cerebellum; Neuroimaging; Ventricles; Vermis

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034782730     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3956(01)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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