Cortical thickness in bipolar disorder: A systematic review

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-18

  Hanford, Lindsay C ^a   Nazarov, Anthony ^a   Hall, Geoffrey B ^a   Sassi, Roberto B ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Bipolar disorder; Cortical thickness; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; LITHIUM SALT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CAMBRIDGE AUTOMATED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING; COMORBIDITY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT ANTERIOR CINGULATE; LEFT SUPERIOR TEMPORAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RISK; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; FRONTAL LOBE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84958610467     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12362     Document Type: Review

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