Regional gray matter reductions are associated with genetic liability for anxiety and depression: An MRI twin study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 175-181

  Alemany, Silvia ^a,b   Mas, Alex ^c   Goldberg, Ximena ^a,b   Falcón, Carles ^c,d   Fatjó Vilas, Mar ^a,b   Arias, Bárbara ^a,b   Bargalló, Núria ^b,c,e   Nenadic, Igor ^f   Gastó, Cristóbal ^b,c,e   Fañanás, Lourdes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Depression; Fusiform gyrus; Gray matter volume; Twins

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GRAY MATTER; GRAY MATTER VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAMPLE SIZE; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84878512592     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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