Short-term antidepressant treatment and facial processing: Functional magnetic resonance imaging study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue JUNE, 2007, Pages 531-532

  Norbury, Ray ^a,b   Mackay, Clare E ^a   Cowen, Philip J ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^a   Harmer, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; REBOXETINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOOD CHANGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORPHOLINES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249892532     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.031393     Document Type: Article

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