Midline brain structures in patients with current and remitted major depression

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1058-1063

  Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a,b,c   Yücel, Murat ^a,d   Lorenzetti, Valentina ^a   Nakamura, Kazue ^b   Whittle, Sarah ^a,d   Walterfang, Mark ^a   Suzuki, Michio ^b,c   Pantelis, Christos ^a   Allen, Nicholas B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesio interthalamica; Cavum septum pellucidum; Depression; State factors; Trait factors

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DOSULEPIN; ESCITALOPRAM; LITHIUM SALT; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAVUM SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERTHALAMIC ADHESION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651111824     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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