Short-term SSRI treatment normalises amygdala hyperactivity in depressed patients

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2609-2617

  Godlewska, B R ^a   Norbury, R ^b   Selvaraj, S ^a   Cowen, P J ^a   Harmer, C J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amygdala; depression; emotional processing; fMRI; SSRIs

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868355196     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712000591     Document Type: Article

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