Major depressive disorder and white matter abnormalities: A diffusion tensor imaging study with tract-based spatial statistics

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Kieseppä, Tuula ^a,b   Eerola, Mervi ^a,c   Mäntylä, Riitta ^a,b   Neuvonen, Tuomas ^a,b,d   Poutanen, Veli Pekka ^b   Luoma, Katariina ^b   Tuulio Henriksson, Annamari ^a,c   Jylhä, Pekka ^a,b   Mantere, Outi ^a,b   Melartin, Tarja ^a,b   Rytsälä, Heikki ^a,b   Vuorilehto, Maria ^a,e   Isometsä, Erkki ^a,b  

^a National Public Heath Institute   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e City of Vantaa   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Diffusion tensor imaging; MDD; TBSS; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE NET;

EID: 71649113980     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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