Structural plasticity of the hippocampus and amygdala induced by electroconvulsive therapy in major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 282-292

  Joshi, Shantanu H ^a   Espinoza, Randall T ^b   Pirnia, Tara ^a   Shi, Jie ^c   Wang, Yalin ^c   Ayers, Brandon ^a   Leaver, Amber ^a   Woods, Roger P ^a,b   Narr, Katherine L ^a,b  

^a Ahmanson Lovelace Brain Mapping Center in the Department of Neurology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Brain stimulation; ECT; Limbic; Neuroimaging; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955165242     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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