The impact of subcortical white matter disease on mood in euthymic older adults: A diffusion tensor imaging study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 634-642

  Lamar, Melissa ^a,b   Charlton, Rebecca A ^c   Morris, Robin G ^a   Markus, Hugh S ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b King s College   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; depression; DTI; executive function; MRI; white matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; WHITE MATTER; AFFECT; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954318043     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181cabad1     Document Type: Article

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