Caudate nucleus volumes and genetic determinants of homocysteine metabolism in the prediction of psychomotor speed in older persons with depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2096-2098

  Naismith, Sharon ^a,b   Hickie, Ian ^a   Ward, Philip B ^a   Turner, Keelin ^a   Scott, Elizabeth ^a   Little, Craig ^a   Mitchell, Philip ^a   Wilhelm, Kay ^a   Parker, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HOMOCYSTEINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0036895715     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2096     Document Type: Article

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