Functional MRI correlates of visuospatial planning in out-patient depression and anxiety

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-284

  van Tol, M J ^a,b,c   van der Wee, N J A ^a,b   Demenescu, L R ^d   Nielen, M M A ^c   Aleman, A ^c   Renken, R ^c   van Buchem, M A ^a,b   Zitman, F G ^a   Veltman, D J ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive functioning; Comorbidity; Depression; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052818038     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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