Reduced hippocampal volume correlates with executive dysfunctioning in major depression

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 316-325

  Frodl, Thomas ^a,b   Schaub, Annette ^a   Banac, Sandra ^a   Charypar, Marketa ^a   Jäger, Markus ^a   Kümmler, Petra ^a   Bottlender, Ronald ^a   Zetzsche, Thomas ^a   Born, Christine ^a   Leinsinger, Gerda ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Meisenzahl, Eva M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DOXEPIN; FLUVOXAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS;

EID: 33749325863     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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