White matter abnormalities in major depression: Evidence from post-mortem, neuroimaging and genetic studies

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 26-36

  Tham, Ming Wei ^a,b   Woon, Puay San ^a   Sum, Min Yi ^a   Lee, Tih Shih ^c   Sim, Kang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Depression; Genetics; Neuroimaging; Post mortem; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAMBRIDGE AUTOMATED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING BATTERY; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GYRUS CINGULI; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN PROTEINS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 79954418545     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.09.013     Document Type: Review

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