Reduced intrinsic connectivity of amygdala in adults with major depressive disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Ramasubbu, Rajamannar ^a,b,c   Konduru, Nithya ^a   Cortese, Filomeno ^c   Bray, Signe ^b,d   Gaxiola Valdez, Ismael ^c   Goodyear, Bradley ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Depression; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84895546692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00017     Document Type: Article

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