Hippocampal volumes in bipolar disorders: Opposing effects of illness burden and lithium treatment

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-270

  Hajek, Tomas ^a,b   Cullis, Jeffrey ^a   Novak, Tomas ^b   Kopecek, Miloslav ^b   Höschl, Cyril ^b   Blagdon, Ryan ^a   O'Donovan, Claire ^a   Bauer, Michael ^c   Young, L Trevor ^d   Macqueen, Glenda ^e   Alda, Martin ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorders; Hippocampus; Illness burden; Lithium; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860375509     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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