Increase of visceral fat and adrenal gland volume in women with depression: Preliminary results of a morphometric MRI study

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-240

  Ludescher, Burkhard ^a   Najib, Arif ^a   Baar, Sophia ^a   Machann, Juergen ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Buchkremer, Gerhard ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Eschweiler, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland volume; Body fat distribution; Depression; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

STRESS HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 57749195164     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.38.3.a     Document Type: Article

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