In vivo imaging of adult human hippocampal neurogenesis: Progress, pitfalls and promise

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 404-416

  Ho, N F ^a,b,e   Hooker, J M ^b,e   Sahay, A ^b,c,d,e   Holt, D J ^a,b,e   Roffman, J L ^a,b,e  

^a Ninth Floor 13th Street   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult human hippocampal neurogenesis; in vivo neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; AUTOPSY; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT FUNCTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84874136726     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.8     Document Type: Review

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