The Danish PET/depression project: Performance on Stroop's test linked to white matter lesions in the brain

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-130

  Videbech, Poul ^a   Ravnkilde, Barbara ^a   Gammelgaard, Lise ^a   Egander, Annette ^a   Clemmensen, Karin ^a   Rasmussen, Niels Anton ^a   Gjedde, Albert ^a   Rosenberg, Raben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Major depression; Neuropsychological activation; Positron emission tomography; Stroop test; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEMANTICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1642372367     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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