A population-based morphometric MRI study in patients with first-episode psychotic bipolar disorder: Comparison with geographically matched healthy controls and major depressive disorder subjects

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-40

  De Azevedo Marques Périco, Cintia ^a   Duran, Fabio L S ^a   Zanetti, Marcus V ^a   Santos, Luciana C ^a   Murray, Robin M ^b   Scazufca, Marcia ^a   Menezes, Paulo R ^a   Busatto, Geraldo F ^a   Schaufelberger, Maristela S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate gyrus; Depression; First episode psychosis; Mania; Prefrontal cortex; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951484800     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2011.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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