Structural brain development and depression onset during adolescence: A prospective longitudinal study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 564-571

  Whittle, Sarah ^a,b,c   Lichter, Renee ^a,b,c   Dennison, Meg ^a,b,c   Vijayakumar, Nandita ^a,b,c   Schwartz, Orli ^a,b,c   Byrne, Michelle L ^a,b,c   Simmons, Julian G ^a,b,c   Yücel, Murat ^a,b,c   Pantelis, Christos ^a,b,c   McGorry, Patrick ^a,b,c   Alle, Nicholas B ^a,b,c  

^a Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Department of Psychiatry Orygen Youth Health Research Centre   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUTAMEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIATE CORTEX; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84899753844     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13070920     Document Type: Article

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