Amygdala and insula volumes prior to illness onset in bipolar disorder: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Bechdolf, Andreas ^a,b   Wood, Stephen J ^b,c   Nelson, Barnaby ^b   Velakoulis, Dennis ^b   Yücel, Murat ^b   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^b,d,e   Yung, Alison R ^b   Berk, Michael ^b,f   Wong, Michael T ^g   Pantelis, Christos ^b,f   McGorry, Patrick D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; At risk mental state; Bipolar affective disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84862820880     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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