Fronto-limbic volumetric changes in major depressive disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1104-1113

  Malykhin, Nikolai V ^a   Carter, Rawle ^a   Hegadoren, Kathleen M ^a   Seres, Peter ^a   Coupland, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cingulate gyrus; Limbic system; Major depression; Prefrontal cortex; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84857366176     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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