Reduced thalamic volumes in major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Nugent, Allison Carol ^a   Davis, Rebecca Marie ^b   Zarate, Carlos Alberto ^a   Drevets, Wayne Curtis ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Pacific Science and Engineering   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REMISSION; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84880739252     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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