A magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal, amygdala and subgenual prefrontal cortex volumes in major depression subtypes: Melancholic versus psychotic depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-204

  Vassilopoulou, Konstantina ^a   Papathanasiou, Matilda ^a   Michopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Boufidou, Fotini ^b   Oulis, Panagiotis ^b   Kelekis, Nikolaos ^a   Rizos, Emmanouil ^a   Nikolaou, Chrysoula ^b   Pantelis, Christos ^c   Velakoulis, Dennis ^c   Lykouras, Lefteris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Depression; Hippocampus; Neuroimaging; Subgenual; Volumes

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MELANCHOLIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875230941     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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