Age-dependent reduction of amygdala volume in bipolar disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-94

  Doty, Tracy J ^a   Payne, Martha E ^a   Steffens, David C ^a   Beyer, John L ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga R ^a   LaBar, Kevin S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Depression; Emotion; Medial temporal lobe; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 43049161174     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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