Magnetic resonance imaging studies in unipolar depression: Systematic review and meta-regression analyses

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Arnone, D ^a,c   McIntosh, A M ^b   Ebmeier, K P ^b,c   Munafo M R ^d   Anderson, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University Division of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Meta analysis; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84155189193     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.05.003     Document Type: Review

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