Negative life stress and longitudinal hippocampal volume changes in older adults with and without depression

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 829-834

  Zannas, Anthony S ^a   McQuoid, Douglas R ^a   Payne, Martha E ^a   Steffens, David C ^b   MacFall, James R ^a   Ashley Koch, Allison ^a   Taylor, Warren D ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Genetic polymorphism; Geriatric depression; Hippocampus; Late life depression; Life events; Longitudinal; Neuroimaging; Serotonin transporter; Stress

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LINKED POLYMORPHIC REGION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS VOLUME; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 84875885492     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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