Possible structural abnormality of the brainstem in unipolar depressive illness: A transcranial ultrasound and diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1510-1515

  Steele, J D ^a,b   Bastin, M E ^c   Wardlaw, J M ^c   Ebmeier, K P ^c  

^a ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN STEM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAPHE NUCLEI; SKULL;

EID: 27444447098     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.057612     Document Type: Article

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