Regional cortical thickness and subcortical volume changes are associated with cognitive impairments in the drug-naive patients with late-onset depression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 838-849

  Lim, Hyun Kook ^a   Jung, Won Sang ^a   Ahn, Kook Jin ^b   Won, Wang Youn ^c   Hahn, Changtae ^b   Lee, Seung Yup ^a   Kim, InSeong ^d   Lee, Chang Uk ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d SIEMENS Healthcare   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cortical thickness; late onset depression; subcortical volumes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THICKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84855899005     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.264     Document Type: Article

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