Reductions in neuronal density in elderly depressed are region specific

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 856-864

  Van Otterloo, Eric ^a   O'Dwyer, Gillian ^a   Stockmeier, Craig A ^a   Steffens, David C ^b   Krishnan, Ranga R ^b   Rajkowska, Grazyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Glutamatergic neurons; Major depressive disorder; Postmortem; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARACETAMOL; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADAVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 70149117974     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2281     Document Type: Article

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