Structural changes in the hippocampus in major depressive disorder: Contributions of disease and treatment

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 337-343

  Malykhin, Nikolai V ^a   Carter, Rawle ^a   Seres, Peter ^a   Coupland, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 77956536803     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.100002     Document Type: Article

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