Sexually dimorphic features of vermis morphology in bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-758

  Womer, Fay Y ^a   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Chepenik, Lara G ^a,b   Kalmar, Jessica H ^a,b   Spencer, Linda ^a,b   Edmiston, Erin ^a,b   Pittman, Brian P ^a   Constable, R Todd ^a   Papademetris, Xenophon ^a   Blumberg, Hilary P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cerebellar vermis; Cerebellum; Sex difference; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM SALT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350543855     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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