Enlargement of the amygdala in patients with a first episode of major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 708-714

  Frodl, Thomas ^a   Meisenzahl, Eva ^a   Zetzsche, Thomas ^a   Bottlender, Ronald ^a   Born, Christine ^a   Groll, Constanze ^a   Jäger, Markus ^a   Leinsinger, Gerda ^a   Hahn, Klaus ^a   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; First episode; Major depression; Neuroimaging; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

MAPROTILINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0036570233     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(01)01359-2     Document Type: Article

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