Photoperiod is associated with hippocampal volume in a large community sample

Hippocampus

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 534-

  Miller, Megan A ^a   Leckie, Regina L ^a,b   Donofry, Shannon D ^a   Gianaros, Peter J ^a,b   Erickson, Kirk I ^a,b   Manuck, Stephen B ^a   Roecklein, Kathryn A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Neuroplasticity; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEASON; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; SLEEP; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925328945     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22390     Document Type: Article

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