Sex differences in the clinical characteristics and brain gray matter volume alterations in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yang, Xiao ^a   Peng, Zugui ^a   Ma, Xiaojuan ^b   Meng, Yajing ^a   Li, Mingli ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Song, Xiuliu ^a   Liu, Ye ^a   Fan, Huanhuan ^a   Zhao, Liansheng ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Ma, Xiaohong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 85019971592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02828-4     Document Type: Article

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