Reduced hippocampal volume in unmedicated, remitted patients with major depression versus control subjects

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 935-937

  Neumeister, Alexander ^a,b   Wood, Suzanne ^a   Bonne, Omer ^a   Nugent, Allison C ^a   Luckenbaugh, David A ^a   Young, Theresa ^a   Bain, Earle E ^a   Charney, Dennis S ^a,c   Drevets, Wayne C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution MRI imaging; Hippocampal volume; Major depression; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION;

EID: 16844385523     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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