Neuroanatomical correlates of apathy in late-life depression and antidepressant treatment response

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-186

  Yuen, Genevieve S ^a   Gunning, Faith M ^a   Woods, Eric ^a   Klimstra, Sibel A ^a   Hoptman, Matthew J ^b,c   Alexopoulos, George S ^a  

^a The Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apathy; Cingulate; Depression; Geriatric; SSRI; Uncinate

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; PLACEBO; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; APATHY; APATHY EVALUATION SCALE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GRAY MATTER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; APATHY; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREVALENCE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84902095837     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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