Bilateral hippocampal volume increases after long-term lithium treatment in patients with bipolar disorder: A longitudinal MRI study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-367

  Yucel, Kaan ^a   McKinnon, Margaret C ^a   Taylor, Valerie H ^a   Macdonald, Kathryn ^a   Alda, Martin ^b   Young, L Trevor ^c   MacQueen, Glenda M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Hippocampus; Lithium; Longitudinal; Memory; MRI; Volume

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 36348943483     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0906-9     Document Type: Article

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