Regional cerebral volume measurements in late-life depression: Relationship to clinical correlates, neuropsychological impairment and response to treatment

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 469-476

  Simpson, Steve W ^a   Baldwin, R C ^b   Burns, Alistair ^c   Jackson, Alan ^d  

^a Forston Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral volume; Depression; Neuropsychological impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0035007587     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.364     Document Type: Article

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