Late life depression and late onset depression: Are the same clinical and pathopsysiological picture?

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Papazacharias, Apostolos ^a   Logroscino, Giancarlo ^a   Barulli, Maria Rosaria ^a   Nardini, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Early onset depression; Late onset depression

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78649936815     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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