Depression severity is correlated to the integrity of white matter fiber tracts in late-onset major depression

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-48

  Dalby, Rikke Beese ^a   Frandsen, Jesper ^a   Chakravarty, M Mallar ^a   Ahdidan, Jamila ^a   Sørensen, Leif ^a   Rosenberg, Raben ^a   Videbech, Poul ^a   Østergaard, Leif ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetization transfer ratio; Tractography; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77956976911     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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