Tractography of the brainstem in major depressive disorder using diffusion tensor imaging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Song, Yun Ju C ^a   Korgaonkar, Mayuresh S ^a   Armstrong, Lucy V ^a   Eagles, Sarah ^a   Williams, Leanne M ^a,b   Grieve, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOLITARY TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84898663087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084825     Document Type: Article

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