Gray matter abnormalities as brain structural vulnerability factors for bipolar disorder: A review of neuroimaging studies of individuals at high genetic risk for bipolar disorder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1124-1135

  Nery, Fabiano G ^a   Monkul, E Serap ^b   Lafer, Beny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; cerebral cortex; endophenotypes; insular cortex; magnetic resonance imaging; review

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENETIC RISK; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENDOPHENOTYPES; INSULAR CORTEX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84889043613     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413496482     Document Type: Review

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