Reward signals, attempted suicide, and impulsivity in late-life depression

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1020-1030

  Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a   Szanto, Katalin ^a   Clark, Luke ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Siegle, Greg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DAMAGE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRECUNEUS; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84885215548     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.75     Document Type: Article

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