Life events and hippocampal volume in first-episode major depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Kronmüller, Klaus Thomas ^a   Pantel, Johannes ^b   Götz, Bianca ^a   Köhler, Sebastian ^a   Victor, Daniela ^a   Mundt, Christoph ^a   Magnotta, Vincent A ^c   Giesel, Frederic ^d   Essig, Marco ^d   Schröder, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Gender effects; Hippocampus; Structural brain imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49949095056     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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