Insular and hippocampal gray matter volume reductions in patients with major depressive disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Stratmann, Mirjam ^a   Konrad, Carsten ^a   Kugel, Harald ^c   Krug, Axel ^a   Schöning, Sonja ^b   Ohrmann, Patricia ^b   Uhlmann, Christina ^b   Postert, Christian ^b,c   Suslow, Thomas ^d   Heindel, Walter ^c   Arolt, Volker ^b   Kircher, Tilo ^a   Dannlowski, Udo ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Psychiatry Ursity of Münster ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM SALT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904627419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102692     Document Type: Article

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