Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 2 , Pages 155-165 , 15 July 2007

Three-dimensional volumetric analysis and reconstruction of amygdala and hippocampal head, body and tail

  • Nikolai V. Malykhin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Walter MacKenzie Centre, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 780 492 6016; fax: +1 780 407 6672.
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  • Thomas P. Bouchard

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Catherine J. Ogilvie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Nicholas J. Coupland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Walter MacKenzie Centre, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
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  • Peter Seres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Richard Camicioli

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Received 2 May 2006 ,Revised 14 September 2006 ,Accepted 26 November 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00205-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.11.011

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 2 , Pages 155-165 , 15 July 2007

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