Effects of cortisol on hippocampal subfields volumes and memory performance in healthy control subjects and patients with major depressive disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 201, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-41

  Travis, Scott G ^a   Coupland, Nicholas J ^a   Hegadoren, K ^a   Silverstone, Peter H ^a   Huang, Yushan ^a   Carter, Rawle ^a   Fujiwara, Esther ^a   Seres, Peter ^a   Malykhin, Nikolai V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; Hippocampus; Memory; Subfields

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA COLLECTOR; SALIVA LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965119374     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.04.049     Document Type: Article

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