Association of amygdala volumes with cortisol secretion in unipolar depressed patients

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-103

  Schuhmacher, Anna ^a   Mössner, Rainald ^a   Jessen, Frank ^a   Scheef, Lukas ^a   Block, Wolfgang ^a   Belloche, Anna Christine ^a   Lennertz, Leonhard ^a   Welper, Hanne ^a   Höfels, Susanne ^a   Pfeiffer, Ute ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Schwab, Sybille ^a,b   Zobel, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dex CRH test; Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; Healthy controls; Hippocampal volume; MDD; MRI

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863873009     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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