Brain structural effects of antidepressant treatment in major depression

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 458-465

  Dusi, Nicola ^a   Barlati, Stefano ^b   Vita, Antonio ^b,c   Brambilla, Paolo ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Amygdala; Cingulate; Citalopram; Doxepine; Fluoxetine; Fluxovamine; Hippocampus; Mirtazapine; Paroxetine; Prefrontal cortex; Reboxetine; Sertraline; Trimipramine; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84942124899     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159X1304150831121909     Document Type: Article

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