Gender differences in brain activity and the relationship between brain activity and differences in prevalence rates between male and female major depressive disorder patients: A resting-state fMRI study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2232-2239

  Yao, Zhijian ^a,b   Yan, Rui ^a   Wei, Maobin ^c   Tang, Hao ^a   Qin, Jiaolong ^c   Lu, Qing ^c  

^a THE AFFILIATED BRAIN HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amplitude of low frequency fluctuation; Gender differences; MDD; Prevalence rates; Resting state fMRI; Somatic symptom

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE OF LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION NETWORK; AUDITORY NETWORK; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NETWORK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTOPARIETAL NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927694644     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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