Neuroanatomical characteristics of geriatric apathy and depression: A magnetic resonance imaging study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-394

  Lavretsky, Helen ^a,b   Ballmaier, Martina ^a,b   Pham, Daniel ^a,b   Toga, Arthur ^a,b   Kumar, Anand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulated; Apathy; Elderly; Geriatric depression; Gray and white matter volumes; Orbitofrontal cortex; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; APATHY EVALUATION SCALE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX; WHITE MATTER; AFFECT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORBIT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 34447123253     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3180325a16     Document Type: Article

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