Untreated depression and hippocampal volume loss

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1516-1518

  Sheline, Yvette I ^a   Gado, Mokhtar H ^b   Kraemer, Helena C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0041880262     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1516     Document Type: Article

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