A review of white matter microstructure alterations of pathways of the reward circuit in depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-53

  Bracht, Tobias ^a,b   Linden, David ^a,c   Keedwell, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulum bundle; Depression; Diffusion tensor imaging; Medial forebrain bundle; Reward system; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANHEDONIA; CINGULUM (BRAIN); DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MELANCHOLIA; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84940391408     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.041     Document Type: Review

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