Exploring the pattern and neural correlates of neuropsychological impairment in late-life depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1195-1202

  Sexton, C E ^a   McDermott, L ^b   Kalu, U G ^a   Herrmann, L L ^c   Bradley, K M ^d   Allan, C L ^a   Le Masurier, M ^e   MacKay, C E ^a   Ebmeier, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Westmorland General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Diffusion tensor imaging; Late life; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84860710443     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002352     Document Type: Article

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