Neural markers of familial risk for depression: An investigation of cortical thickness abnormalities in healthy adolescent daughters of mothers with recurrent depression

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 476-485

  Foland Ross, Lara C ^a   Gilbert, Brooke L ^a   Joormann, Jutta ^b   Gotlib, Ian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Depression; Fusiform; Insula; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN SADNESS MANAGEMENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ORGAN SIZE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84938981622     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000050     Document Type: Article

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