T2-weighted image hyperintensities in major depression: Focus on the basal ganglia

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-224

  Agid, Ronit ^a   Levin, Tomer ^b,c   Gomori, John Moshe ^a   Lerer, Bernard ^a   Bonne, Omer ^a,d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Jerusalem Mental Health Center Ezrath Nashim   (Israel)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Major depression; T2 weighted image hyperintensities (T2 WIH)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0141927311     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s146114570300347x     Document Type: Article

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