Increased right amygdala volume in lithium-treated patients with bipolar i disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-124

  Usher, J ^a   Menzel, P ^b   Schneider Axmann, T ^a   Kemmer, C ^b   Reith, W ^b   Falkai, P ^a   Gruber, O ^a   Scherk, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AMEOS Klinikum Osnabrueck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Lithium; Structural MRI; Volume

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 73549108743     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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