Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 211-220 , 15 August 2007

Psychomotor slowing in older patients with major depression: Relationships with blood flow in the caudate nucleus and white matter lesions

  • Ian B. Hickie

      Affiliations

    • Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Brain & Mind Research Institute, 100 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9351 0799; fax: +61 2 9351 0652.
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  • Sharon L. Naismith

      Affiliations

    • Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Philip B. Ward

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Craig L. Little

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Mark Pearson

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Elizabeth M. Scott

      Affiliations

    • Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Philip Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia
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  • Kay Wilhelm

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Gordon Parker

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia

Received 8 November 2005 ,Revised 15 January 2007 ,Accepted 21 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.01.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 211-220 , 15 August 2007

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