Amygdala volume loss in patients with dysphoric disorder of epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Elst, Ludger Tebartz van ^a   Groffmann, Markus ^a   Ebert, Dieter ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dysphoria; Emotional instability; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Major depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; ATROPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRRITABLE MOOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70249133269     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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