Lower Hippocampal Volume in Patients Suffering from depression: A Meta-Analysis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 598-607

  Campbell, Stephanie ^a   Marriott, Michael ^a   Nahmias, Claude ^a   MacQueen, Glenda M ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1842481232     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.4.598     Document Type: Review

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