Morphometry analysis of neuronal and glial cell pathology in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in late-life depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-169

  Khundakar, Ahmad ^a   Morris, Christopher ^a   Oakley, Arthur ^a   McMeekin, William ^a,b   Thomas, Alan J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; ONSET AGE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GLIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 68549106056     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.052688     Document Type: Article

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