Interpreting Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Bipolar Disorder

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Cousins, David A ^a,b   Grunze, Heinz ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Mania; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; SULPIRIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84858249487     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2011.00280.x     Document Type: Review

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