Late onset bipolar disorder associated with white matter hyperintensities: A pathophysiological hypothesis

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 551-556

  Zanetti, Marcus Vinicus ^a   Cordeiro, Quirino ^a   Busatto, Geraldo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cerebrovascular disease; Cognitive impairment; Frontal lobe; Late life mood disorder; Vascular depression; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33846847662     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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