Volumetric MRI changes, cognition and personality traits in old age depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-282

  Weber, Kerstin ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a,b   Delaloye, Christophe ^a,c   de Bilbao, Fabienne ^a   Moy, Guenaël ^a   Moussa, Abba ^a   Rubio, Montserrat Mendez ^b   Ebbing, Karsten ^b   Meuli, Reto ^b   Lazeyras, François ^a   Meiler Mititelu, Corina ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a   Canuto, Alessandra ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Depression; MRI; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77953709024     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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