Distinguishing between unipolar depression and bipolar depression: Current and future clinical and neuroimaging perspectives

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-118

  De Almeida, Jorge Renner Cardoso ^a   Phillips, Mary Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; functional imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; major depressive disorder; major depressive episode; mood disorder; neuroimaging; structural imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HABENULA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; REWARD; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WHITE MATTER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84870911873     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.010     Document Type: Review

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