Prospective longitudinal voxel-based morphometry study of major depressive disorder in young individuals at high familial risk

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2351-2361

  Nickson, T ^a   Chan, S W Y ^a   Papmeyer, M ^a,b   Romaniuk, L ^a   Macdonald, A ^a   Stewart, T ^a   Kielty, S ^a   Lawrie, S M ^a   Hall, J ^a,c   Sussmann, J E ^a   McIntosh, A M ^a   Whalley, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; bipolar disorder; hippocampus; major depressive disorder; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOLOGY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973567175     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291716000519     Document Type: Article

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