Mood disorders - Review of structural MRI studies

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 368-380

  Monkul, E Serap ^a,b,c   Malhi, Gin S ^d   Soares, Jair C ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mood disorders; Structural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDLINE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0344982886     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-5215.2003.00052.x     Document Type: Review

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