Pituitary gland volume in currently depressed and remitted depressed patients

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Lorenzetti, Valentina ^a,b,c   Allen, Nicholas B ^a,b   Fornito, Alex ^a   Pantelis, Christos ^a   De Plato, Giovanni ^c   Ang, Anthony ^a   Yücel, Murat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; HPA axis; Imaging; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 62149142457     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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