Electroconvulsive therapy increases hippocampal and amygdala volume in therapy refractory depression: A longitudinal pilot study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-203

  Tendolkar, Indira ^a,b,c   van Beek, Marleen ^a   van Oostrom, Iris ^a,b   Mulder, Marlies ^d   Janzing, Joost ^a   Voshaar, Richard Oude ^f   van Eijndhoven, Philip ^a,b,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d Pro Persona Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Depression; ECT; Hippocampus; Structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI)

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY UNIT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; DEPRESSION; ECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; STRUCTURAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (SMRI);

ADULT; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84888286622     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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