Changes of Brain Morphometry in First-Episode, Drug-Naïve, Non-Late-Life Adult Patients with Major Depression: An Optimized Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-188

  Zou, Ke ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Li, Tao ^a,c,d   Zhang, Bo ^a   Jiang, Lijun ^a   Huang, Chaohua ^a   Sun, Xiao ^b   Sun, Xueli ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug na ve; first episode; hippocampus; limbic system; major depression; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HAMILTON SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649105828     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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