Performance on a virtual reality spatial memory navigation task in depressed patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 516-519

  Gould, Neda F ^b   Holmes, M Kathleen ^b   Fantie, Bryan D ^b   Luckenbaugh, David A ^b   Pine, Daniel S ^b   Gould, Todd D ^b   Burgess, Neil ^b   Manji, Husseini K ^b   Zarate Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34047182583     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2007.164.3.516     Document Type: Article

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