UCLA Brain Mapping Center

Publications

Hippocampal morphology and distinguishing late-onset from early-onset elderly depression.

Ballmaier M; Narr KL; Toga AW; Elderkin-Thompson V; Thompson PM; Hamilton L; Haroon E; Pham D; Heinz A; Kumar A;
The American journal of psychiatry. 2008-Feb; 165(229-37):2
 
Despite evidence for hippocampal abnormalities in elderly depression, it is unknown whether these changes are regionally specific. This study used three-dimensional mapping techniques to identify regional hippocampal abnormalities in early- and late-onset depression. Neuropsychological correlates of hippocampal morphology were also investigated.
 
PMID: 17986679    doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030506
 

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