Silent brain infarcts: A cause of depression in the elderly?

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-182

  Saavedra Perez, Heidi C ^a   Direk, Nese ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Vernooij, Meike W ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Ikram, Mohammad Arfan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incident depression; Recurrent depression; Silent brain infarcts

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873477943     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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