Late-Life Depression, Hippocampal Volumes, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Regulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 339-350

  Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a   Gerritsen, Lotte ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortisol; Hippocampus; Late life depression; Meta analysis; MRI

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY ONSET DEPRESSION; EMBASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGING; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 85015298746     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.032     Document Type: Article

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