Common and distinct neural correlates of emotional processing in Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: A voxel-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-113

  Delvecchio, Giuseppe ^a,b   Fossati, Philippe ^a,c   Boyer, Patrice ^a,c   Brambilla, Paolo ^a,d   Falkai, Peter ^a,e   Gruber, Oliver ^a,e   Hietala, Jarmo ^a,f   Lawrie, Stephen M ^a,g   Martinot, Jean Luc ^a,h   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a,g   Meisenzahl, Eva ^a,i   Frangou, Sophia ^a,b  

^a Neuroimaging Network   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar Disorder; Facial affect; Major Depressive Disorder; Meta analysis; Mood disorders; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; PUTAMEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN;

EID: 84855189690     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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