Structural brain alterations in patients with major depressive disorder and high risk for suicide: Evidence for a distinct neurobiological entity?

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1607-1614

  Wagner, Gerd ^a   Koch, Kathrin ^a   Schachtzabel, Claudia ^a   Schultz, C Christoph ^a   Sauer, Heinrich ^a   Schlösser, Ralf G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caudate; Major depression; Rostral anterior cingulate; Suicidal behavior; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 78649645678     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.082     Document Type: Article

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