Structural Asymmetry of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Correlates with Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from Healthy Individuals and Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 217-226

  Liu, Wei ^a,b   Mao, Yu ^a,b   Wei, Dongtao ^a,b   Yang, Junyi ^a,b   Du, Xue ^a,b   Xie, Peng ^c,d   Qiu, Jiang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHONGQING KEY LABORATORY OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Major depressive disorder; Structural asymmetry; Structural magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961659379     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-016-0025-x     Document Type: Article

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