Reply: Lithium and Increased Cortical Gray Matter-More Tissue or More Water?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bearden, Carrie E ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^b   Dalwani, Manish ^b   Hayashi, Kiralee M ^b   Lee, Agatha D ^b   Glahn, David C ^c   Brambilla, Paolo ^d   Sassi, Roberto B ^d   Mallinger, Alan ^d   Frank, Ellen ^d   Kupfer, David J ^d   Nicoletti, Mark ^e   Soares, Jair C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN WATER; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 37849050119     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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