Reduced gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate, orbitofrontal cortex and thalamus as a function of mild depressive symptoms: A voxel-based morphometric analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2833-2843

  Webb, C A ^a   Weber, M ^a   Mundy, E A ^a   Killgore, W D S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; DSM; gray matter volume; research domain criteria; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924479282     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714000348     Document Type: Article

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