Amygdala to hippocampal volume ratio is associated with negative memory bias in healthy subjects

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-343

  Gerritsen, L ^a,b   Rijpkema, M ^a   Van Oostrom, I ^b   Buitelaar, J ^a   Franke, B ^b   Fernandez G ^a,b   Tendolkar, I ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; depression; hippocampus; memory bias; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857322107     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171100122X     Document Type: Article

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