Diffuse Microstructural Abnormalities of Normal-Appearing White Matter in Late Life Depression: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Shimony, Joshua S ^a   Sheline, Yvette I ^a,b   D'Angelo, Gina ^b   Epstein, Adrian A ^a   Benzinger, Tammie L S ^a   Mintun, Mark A ^a,b   McKinstry, Robert C ^a   Snyder, Abraham Z ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; diffusion tensor imaging; geriatrics; MRI; segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67649394199     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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