Regional cortical thinning in patients with major depressive disorder: A surface-based morphometry study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-213

  Tu, Pei Chi ^a,b   Chen, Li Fen ^a   Hsieh, Jen Chuen ^a,b   Bai, Ya Mai ^a,b   Li, Cheng Ta ^a,b   Su, Tung Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Executive control; Magnetic resonance imaging; Major depressive disorder; Prefrontal lobe; Surface based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR TRAIL MAKING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THINNING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SURFACE BASED MORPHOMETRY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865164395     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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