Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in Early Onset Bipolar Disorder: An Updated Review

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-439

  Terry, Janine ^a   Lopez Larson, Melissa ^a,b   Frazier, Jean A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Child psychiatry; Functional neuroimaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mood disorders; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; RISPERIDONE;

ANATOMY; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTIONALITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 60949093291     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.12.004     Document Type: Review

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