Cortical and subcortical abnormalities in late-onset depression with history of suicide attempts investigated with MRI and voxel-based morphometry

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-184

  Hwang, Jen Ping ^a,b   Lee, Tien Wen ^c,d   Tsai, Shi Jen ^a,b   Chen, Tai Jui ^e,f   Yang, Chen Hong ^a,b   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a,b   Tsai, Chia Fen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

geriatric depression; Suicide; voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GRAY MATTER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77955530308     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988710363713     Document Type: Article

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