Abnormal neural activity in partially remitted late-onset depression: An fMRI study of one-back working memory task

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-141

  Lee, Tien Wen ^a,b   Liu, Ho Ling ^a,c   Wai, Yau Yau ^a,c   Ko, Han Jung ^d   Lee, Shwu Hua ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Geriatric depression; Partial remission

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AMYGDALA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 84879462435     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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