Hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in psychotic and nonpsychotic unipolar depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 872-880

  Keller, Jennifer ^a   Shen, Lin ^a   Gomez, Rowena G ^a   Garrett, Amy ^a   Solvason, H Brent ^a   Reiss, Allan ^a   Schatzberg, Alan F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 46749151328     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07081257     Document Type: Article

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