Demonstration of decreased gray matter concentration in the midbrain encompassing the dorsal raphe nucleus and the limbic subcortical regions in major depressive disorder: An optimized voxel-based morphometry study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 128-136

  Lee, Hwa Young ^a   Tae, Woo Suk ^b   Yoon, Ho Kyoung ^a   Lee, Byeong Taek ^c   Paik, Jong Woo ^d   Son, Kyu Ri ^e   Oh, Yu Whan ^e   Lee, Min Soo ^a   Ham, Byung Joo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nuclei; Major depressive disorder; Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; LINGUAL GYRUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; RAPHE NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 80051667498     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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