Tract-specific white matter structural disruption in patients with bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-424

  Benedetti, Francesco ^a,b   Absinta, Martina ^b   Rocca, Maria A ^b   Radaelli, Daniele ^a,b   Poletti, Sara ^a,b,c   Bernasconi, Alessandro ^a,b   Dallaspezia, Sara ^a,b   Pagani, Elisabetta ^b   Falini, Andrea ^b   Copetti, Massimiliano ^d   Colombo, Cristina ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^b   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a,b   Filippi, Massimo ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Cingulate; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Major depression; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80051639820     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2011.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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