Cerebral metabolic patterns in untreated postmenopausal women with major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-80

  Rasgon, Natalie L ^a   Kenna, Heather A ^a   Geist, Cheri ^b   Small, Gary ^c   Silverman, Daniel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral metabolism; Estrogen depletion; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PONS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 52949103362     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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