Anterior cingulate volumes in never-treated patients with major depressive disorder

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3157-3163

  Yucel, Kaan ^a   McKinnon, Margaret C ^a   Chahal, Ramandeep ^a   Taylor, Valerie H ^a   Macdonald, Kathryn ^a   Joffe, Russell ^b   MacQueen, Glenda M ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Major depression; MRI; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349132952     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.40     Document Type: Article

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