Relationship of orthostatic blood pressure to white matter hyperintensities and subcortical volumes in late-life depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 404-410

  Colloby, Sean J ^a   Vasudev, Akshya ^a   O'Brien, John T ^a   Firbank, Michael J ^a   Parry, Steve W ^a   Thomas, Alan J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUTAMEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 80655124321     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.090423     Document Type: Article

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