Amygdalar, hippocampal, and thalamic volumes in youth at high risk for development of bipolar disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-325

  Karchemskiy, Asya ^a   Garrett, Amy ^a   Howe, Meghan ^a   Adleman, Nancy ^a   Simeonova, Diana I ^b   Alegria, Dylan ^a   Reiss, Allan ^a   Chang, Kiki ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; MRI; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HANDEDNESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RISK FACTORS; THALAMUS;

EID: 82455208864     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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