Larger amygdala volume in first-degree relatives of patients with major depression

Larger amygdala volume in first-degree relatives of patients with major depression

Objective: Although a heritable contribution to risk for major depressive disorder (MDD) has been established and neural alterations in patients have been identified through neuroimaging, it is unclear which brain abnormalities are related to genetic risk. Studies on brain structure of high-risk su...

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Main Authors: Nina Romanczuk-Seiferth, Lydia Pöhland, Sebastian Mohnke, Maria Garbusow, Susanne Erk, Leila Haddad, Oliver Grimm, Heike Tost, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Henrik Walter, Torsten Wüstenberg, Andreas Heinz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Subjects:
Major depressive disorder
High-risk
voxel-based morphometry
Gray matter volume
Amygdala
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158214000710

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