Working-memory fMRI reveals cingulate hyperactivation in euthymic major depression

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2746-2756

  Schöning, Sonja ^a   Zwitserlood, Pienie ^a   Engelien, Almut ^a,b   Behnken, Andreas ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Schiffbauer, Hagen ^a   Lipina, Katharina ^a   Pachur, Christine ^a   Kersting, Anette ^a   Dannlowski, Udo ^a   Baune, Bernhard T ^a,c   Zwanzger, Peter ^a   Reker, Thomas ^d   Heindel, Walter ^a   Arolt, Volker ^a   Konrad, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LWL Klinik Muenster   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Major depression; n back; Remission; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249119035     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20702     Document Type: Article

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