Reduced gray matter volume in ventral prefrontal cortex but not amygdala in bipolar disorder: Significant effects of gender and trait anxiety

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-68

  Almeida, Jorge R C ^a,b   Akkal, Dalila ^a   Hassel, Stefanie ^a   Travis, Michael J ^a   Banihashemi, Layla ^a   Kerr, Natalie ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a   Phillips, Mary L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar 1 disorder; Gender; Neuroimage; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MOOD; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBICULUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 57749094577     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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