Functional Brain Imaging Studies in Bipolar Disorder: Focus on Cerebral Metabolism and Blood Flow

Bipolar Disorder: Clinical and Neurobiological Foundations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 200-209

  Brooks, John O ^a   Wang, Po W ^b   Ketter, Terence A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow and metabolism across affective states; Cerebral blood flow studies in bipolar depression; Cerebral blood flow studies in euthymic bipolar disorder patients; Cerebral metabolism studies in mania; Dorsolateral prefrontal and oribitofrontal circuits; Functional brain imaging studies in bipolar disorder and cerebral metabolism; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855999787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470661277.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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