Larger amygdala volume in first-degree relatives of patients with major depression

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-68

  Romanczuk Seiferth, Nina ^a   Pöhland, Lydia ^a   Mohnke, Sebastian ^a   Garbusow, Maria ^a   Erk, Susanne ^a   Haddad, Leila ^b   Grimm, Oliver ^b   Tost, Heike ^b   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^b   Walter, Henrik ^a   Wüstenberg, Torsten ^a   Heinz, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Gray matter volume; High risk; Major depressive disorder; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENETIC RISK; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903141815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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