Low glial numbers in the amygdala in major depressive disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 404-412

  Bowley, Michael P ^a   Drevets, Wayne C ^b   Öngür, Dost ^a   Price, Joseph L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Entorhinal cortex; Glia; Lithium; Major depressive disorder; Valproate

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NISSL STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LITHIUM; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036753235     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01404-X     Document Type: Article

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