Increased volume of the amygdala and hippocampus in bipolar patients treated with lithium

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Foland, Lara C ^a   Altshuler, Lori L ^b,c,d   Sugar, Catherine A ^b   Lee, Agatha D ^a   Leow, Alex D ^a   Townsend, Jennifer ^a   Narr, Katherine L ^a   Asuncion, Dina M ^b   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Emotion; Hippocampus; Lithium; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mood disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ATROPHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049108182     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f48108     Document Type: Article

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