Cellular pathology within the anterior cingulate cortex of patients with late-life depression: A morphometric study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Khundakar, Ahmad Adam ^a   Morris, Christopher Miles ^a   Oakley, Arthur Ernest ^a   Thomas, Alan Jeffrey ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Depression; Disector; Late life; Neuropathology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; POST MORTEM MYOLIQUEFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80054088615     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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